Hato Piñero

In February 2005 we visted Hato Piñero, a ranch in the Llanos region of Venezuela. There are hundreds of species of birds and many other varieties of wildlife too.

The Llanos Ready for the first ride of the day On the range The capybara--the world's largest rodent The Venezuelan cowboy--Un llanero Un llanerito Tools of the trade Un llanero Un llanero viejo End of the day Un llanero La Llanerita, Jessy Riding home Back at the ranch Ready for another drive Bird watching Jessy caught six piranhas. We ate two for lunch. Watch out for those teeth Jim got two piranhas Our driver caught several fish Tired iguana Retired iguana Caiman Ready for a boat ride The road back home