Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio National Park with its beauty welcomed our guests on our first day onboard the Sea Voyager. A multi-colored sunrise, a pristine, wet, green tropical forest, together with a beautiful white sand beach was the best setting to start the day exploring the park.
As we discovered this realm, troops of white-faced capuchin monkeys along with three toed sloths were the main actors of this chapter of the book of nature. Spiny tailed Iguanas, basilisk lizards and even a night active red-eyed tree frog added more special sightings to our morning outing.
On the understory of the forest, Gecarcinius land crabs dotted with red and purple occupied the entrances to their burrows. A Central American agouti and crab-eating raccoons (a close relative of the northern raccoon) were additional species seen among the drying foliage and exposed roots of the trees.
As the morning came to an end, the beach was inviting to swim for a moment and cool off after our walks.
Once back on board we ate lunch and started to sail south towards the Osa peninsula. In the afternoon we learned about Costa Rica and Panama’s geology and biodiversity thanks to a presentation about this richly diverse Central American Isthmus. The day ended with a strong orange tint on the clouds and the satisfaction of a good day in contact with nature in the new world tropics.
Manuel Antonio National Park with its beauty welcomed our guests on our first day onboard the Sea Voyager. A multi-colored sunrise, a pristine, wet, green tropical forest, together with a beautiful white sand beach was the best setting to start the day exploring the park.
As we discovered this realm, troops of white-faced capuchin monkeys along with three toed sloths were the main actors of this chapter of the book of nature. Spiny tailed Iguanas, basilisk lizards and even a night active red-eyed tree frog added more special sightings to our morning outing.
On the understory of the forest, Gecarcinius land crabs dotted with red and purple occupied the entrances to their burrows. A Central American agouti and crab-eating raccoons (a close relative of the northern raccoon) were additional species seen among the drying foliage and exposed roots of the trees.
As the morning came to an end, the beach was inviting to swim for a moment and cool off after our walks.
Once back on board we ate lunch and started to sail south towards the Osa peninsula. In the afternoon we learned about Costa Rica and Panama’s geology and biodiversity thanks to a presentation about this richly diverse Central American Isthmus. The day ended with a strong orange tint on the clouds and the satisfaction of a good day in contact with nature in the new world tropics.
