Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
The best piece of rainforest remaining in the Mesoamerican region welcomed us into its realm early this morning, as most of us disembarked onto the San Pedrillo Station within the Corcovado National Park. We had four options today. The first one was a long walking trail along a mountain ridge in a fantastic forest of giant trees. The second option was a walk through a bit of a broken trail parallel to a small river towards a waterhole and a waterfall deep inside the forest. The third option was a long flat trail which allowed for sightings of a spider monkey with a baby. Finally, the always famous “stationary-walk”, basically staying put at the park ranger’s station while waiting for wildlife to approach you We were all rewarded with awesome sightings of toucans, scarlet macaws, monkeys, agoutis, curassows, and even a poison dart frog.
Back to the ship to reposition on to our afternoon site: Playa Caletas. Our incredible galley and restaurant crew prepared for us a plentiful and delicious BBQ lunch on the beach on a private preserve. Hamburgers, baby back ribs, vegetables, and vanilla sauce covered brownies were part of the menu. Right after lunch, the horses arrived, and those that had chosen horseback-riding as their afternoon activities left. Those of us who chose to stay at our picnic area were visited by toucans and white throated capuchin monkeys! Stationary walks do pay! A late afternoon walk closed our second day in Costa Rica.
Can’t wait to see what tomorrow will offer.
The best piece of rainforest remaining in the Mesoamerican region welcomed us into its realm early this morning, as most of us disembarked onto the San Pedrillo Station within the Corcovado National Park. We had four options today. The first one was a long walking trail along a mountain ridge in a fantastic forest of giant trees. The second option was a walk through a bit of a broken trail parallel to a small river towards a waterhole and a waterfall deep inside the forest. The third option was a long flat trail which allowed for sightings of a spider monkey with a baby. Finally, the always famous “stationary-walk”, basically staying put at the park ranger’s station while waiting for wildlife to approach you We were all rewarded with awesome sightings of toucans, scarlet macaws, monkeys, agoutis, curassows, and even a poison dart frog.
Back to the ship to reposition on to our afternoon site: Playa Caletas. Our incredible galley and restaurant crew prepared for us a plentiful and delicious BBQ lunch on the beach on a private preserve. Hamburgers, baby back ribs, vegetables, and vanilla sauce covered brownies were part of the menu. Right after lunch, the horses arrived, and those that had chosen horseback-riding as their afternoon activities left. Those of us who chose to stay at our picnic area were visited by toucans and white throated capuchin monkeys! Stationary walks do pay! A late afternoon walk closed our second day in Costa Rica.
Can’t wait to see what tomorrow will offer.
