Frank Pichardo

President, Tour leader

Frank Pichardo is a Peruvian wildlife photographer and tour leader with a strong passion for nature. Most of his experience in the field comes from his seven-year work as a naturalist guide for the prestigious lodges of Rainforest Expeditions leading people and teaching about the flora and fauna since 2009. Frank obtained his degree from the Tourism School in Lima, where he also became fluent in English and German. This was the beginning of a long term work in the ecotourism industry.

Also, he was part of the Reptiles of Ecuador and the Reptiles of the Galápagos book projects, leading and also joining scientific expeditions to remote areas to better understand this group of animals. Frank’s work has been featured in National Geographic and BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Image of the caterpillar of a tropical swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
Image of a Galápagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
Image of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
Image of a group of Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Image of a Müller’s Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri)
Image of a Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)
Image of a Sandy Snail-eating Snake (Sibon dunni)
Image of a Maroon Leaf Monkey (Presbytis rubicunda)
Image of a pair of Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Image of a Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)
Image of a Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes)
Image of a group of Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
Image of a Napo Sake (Pithecia napensis)
Image of a Yellow-spotted River-Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
Image of a Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus)
Image of a Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)
Image of a Giant Uraniid Moth (Lyssa menoetius)
Image of a Menelaus Blue Morph (Morpho menelaus)
Image of a Gem Anole (Anolis gemmosus)
Image of a Speckled Forest-Pitviper (Bothrops taeniatus)
Image of a Green-and-Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Image of a Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
Image of a White-lined Monkey-Frog (Phyllomedusa vaillanti)
Image of a Wallace’s Flying Frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)
Image of a Wallace’s Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nanus)
Image of a Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica)
Image of the pupa of an Urodid moth