Our heads still bopping a bit from riding on horses, we next continued onto Pudacuo National Park. This park is famous for its two high-altitude lakes: Shudu Lake and Bita Lake. I didn’t take many pictures inside the park itself, as my main activity in the park was to take aerial videos of the two lakes. Funny story about the flying though: I’d checked with the company who assisted to register my two drones, and also with my local guide who in turn checked with the park wardens, and I was given clearance to proceed. The two lakes are popular spots for drone pilots to fly, and I ran into a few others who were also flying. But 15 minutes after I finished my flights at Shudu Lake and was back at the bus pick-up point waiting for the park’s shuttle bus to bring us to Bita Lake, a low-flying sightseeing helicopter flew ahead. !!!
It might have been an unscheduled flight. But I can’t imagine what might have happened if the drone was in the vicinity of the chopper. Fortunately, I was flying fairly low, and I probably would have been able to make an immediate descent as soon as I heard the chopper coming in. But still.
We didn’t really think there was much to see in Pudacuo National Park, and I reckon it’s because of the season we are in. The place looks mostly brown, and should be blooming in colours and greener if we’d arrived in warmer months. That’s a wrap for Day 06 – continued in the next post!