Lost World

James Adams


A Lost World: The interior of Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras is a fantasy land hidden beyond towering, 7,000 foot escarpments of rock, tucked deep within unseen gorges and canyons, and cloaked beneath a lush carpet of rain, cloud and palm forests. It is so hot, so steep, and so formidable, that few people have ever glimpsed, much less –been- into this most magic of places. Most if not all of the wildlife here has never even seen a human being and new species are probably more numerous than anyone can imagine. I had the privilege to accompany my friend Karl Stanley today, as we boarded a helicopter and threaded our way past verdant cathedrals and forested canyons never explored by man. Here for the first time, are a few of the sights that we recorded from this mystical, magical, holy treasure trove of biodiversity.