Corcovado National Park & Isla del Cano National Park
Three different possibilities were available to start our rainforest experience: the waterfall walk that started with a rare sighting of the fer-de-lance and ended with a refreshing dip in the clear waters in the river at the San Pedrillo National Park station. The ridge walk displayed a wonderful forest of humbling magnitude. The flat walk was welcomed by the black hooded antshrike at the beginning of the trail.
The howler monkeys seemed to be displaying all the potency of their voice that carried away to the group and gave away their position in the canopy. A big troop was very active moving, howling and feeding on a fig tree.
The Central American spider monkeys swung in the treetops; a caring mother carried her offspring in a spectacular display of agility and speed jumping in the high branches… and then she was gone.
Magnificent stranglers made their way to the canopy, thus only allowing us to see their fabulous root systems. The white nosed coatis were looking for food in the litter and they did not care too much about our presence.
After the walks we repositioned to Isla del Cano, meeting pantropical spotted dolphins on the way. After lunch we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon at the beach or a great snorkeling at from the Zodiacs.
Abundant crab and shrimp protect the corals from the crown of thorns starfish in the Eastern Pacific. We may enjoy the beauty they display in their colors without worrying about the threat that they represent in other parts of the planet. The great snorkeling and the green flash was the right ending for a wonderful day.
Three different possibilities were available to start our rainforest experience: the waterfall walk that started with a rare sighting of the fer-de-lance and ended with a refreshing dip in the clear waters in the river at the San Pedrillo National Park station. The ridge walk displayed a wonderful forest of humbling magnitude. The flat walk was welcomed by the black hooded antshrike at the beginning of the trail.
The howler monkeys seemed to be displaying all the potency of their voice that carried away to the group and gave away their position in the canopy. A big troop was very active moving, howling and feeding on a fig tree.
The Central American spider monkeys swung in the treetops; a caring mother carried her offspring in a spectacular display of agility and speed jumping in the high branches… and then she was gone.
Magnificent stranglers made their way to the canopy, thus only allowing us to see their fabulous root systems. The white nosed coatis were looking for food in the litter and they did not care too much about our presence.
After the walks we repositioned to Isla del Cano, meeting pantropical spotted dolphins on the way. After lunch we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon at the beach or a great snorkeling at from the Zodiacs.
Abundant crab and shrimp protect the corals from the crown of thorns starfish in the Eastern Pacific. We may enjoy the beauty they display in their colors without worrying about the threat that they represent in other parts of the planet. The great snorkeling and the green flash was the right ending for a wonderful day.
