Corcovado National Park
It was like one of those nature TV shows where within an hour of the program you see several animals from an area (but you know that it took a couple of months of filming and editing).
Either we were walking to a waterfall or climbing the ridge of the park or strolling along the shore, everyone got the chance to see the loud, bright-colored Scarlet Macaws, or the smooth silent moves of an anteater or a very occupied agouti scouting for seeds.
The adventure of the day took place in the Osa Peninsula, on the southern pacific coast of Costa Rica, specifically in Corcovado National Park. All of the walks fulfilled our expectations. We revelled in the pleasure of being surrounded by a lush rainforest framed with huge tall trees hugged with strangler figs and decorated with climber vines.
On the other hand, we were able to see not just the animals but their every-day life, like the anteater feasting on a termite nest or a mother spider monkey chewing on palm fruits or a troop of howler monkeys munching some leaves. We saw not just the forest but the forest alive.
But that is not all! Actually, all of that just happened in the morning. For the afternoon, there was another array of activities: a beach barbecue, a horseback ride to a river, a football game or a tempting hammock. The more adventurous ones wore their long pants, boots and jumped on a horse for a beautiful ride along the shore where some monkeys were spotted among other things, while others decided to do a power walk to the nearby town of Drake, where the Sea Voyager had been repositioned for the evening.
After such an active day, what could be better than a Strawberry Daiquiri in one hand and an astonishing sunset in the beautiful Drake’s Bay.
It was like one of those nature TV shows where within an hour of the program you see several animals from an area (but you know that it took a couple of months of filming and editing).
Either we were walking to a waterfall or climbing the ridge of the park or strolling along the shore, everyone got the chance to see the loud, bright-colored Scarlet Macaws, or the smooth silent moves of an anteater or a very occupied agouti scouting for seeds.
The adventure of the day took place in the Osa Peninsula, on the southern pacific coast of Costa Rica, specifically in Corcovado National Park. All of the walks fulfilled our expectations. We revelled in the pleasure of being surrounded by a lush rainforest framed with huge tall trees hugged with strangler figs and decorated with climber vines.
On the other hand, we were able to see not just the animals but their every-day life, like the anteater feasting on a termite nest or a mother spider monkey chewing on palm fruits or a troop of howler monkeys munching some leaves. We saw not just the forest but the forest alive.
But that is not all! Actually, all of that just happened in the morning. For the afternoon, there was another array of activities: a beach barbecue, a horseback ride to a river, a football game or a tempting hammock. The more adventurous ones wore their long pants, boots and jumped on a horse for a beautiful ride along the shore where some monkeys were spotted among other things, while others decided to do a power walk to the nearby town of Drake, where the Sea Voyager had been repositioned for the evening.
After such an active day, what could be better than a Strawberry Daiquiri in one hand and an astonishing sunset in the beautiful Drake’s Bay.
