The bees, after a moment, buzz back down the path the way they came. Good thing too, because you guys are SO tired from hacking through the underbrush that you would have had a -1 on to hit and damage rolls.
As it is, you have to spend 2 turns (20 minutes) recovering and catching your breath. You find yourselves on a rocky escarpment that's only about 20 feet wide on top but descending to about 300 feet at the base. The land falls away from this point from three directions: north, east, and west sharply for about 80 feet (you came up the west side). Additionally, to the northwest, it's basically a steep cliff that drops 160 feet. A path leads from the clearing to the south, the only area of "level" ground, although you can see the elevation rise in the distance in that direction.
From this vantage point, you are able to see some of the surrounding land. Though it's mostly treetops, you see the clearing and waterfall from whence you had come, a clearing far to the east (almost back at the landing point), and, through a notch between two ridges to the west, another faroff clearing.
It's roughly 6 PM and the sun is gradually lowering, casting red streaks across the sky. You estimate you have about 30 minutes (3 turns) left of light.
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