Thanks so much everyone, I am always amazed by the generosity of the members of (in particular this part of) the Flyertalk community.

That Anavilhanas Lodge looks great (I'm spending some time in Mashpi Lodge in Ecuador in May and hope it will be a bit similar). It would be nice to have a really comfortable base and hopefully they can organise some serious activities.

I'll do some more digging. Which part of traveling is better, the anticipation, the actual travel or the reminiscing? :-)