Casa Orquideas & Rincon River
We surrounded the Osa Peninsula to reach Golfo Dulce, the sweet Gulf. The calm sea at this tropical fiord allowed sightings of yellow bellied sea snakes and eagle rays. We arrived at Casa Orquideas. This great botanical garden has been the home of Ron and Trudy McAllister for twenty eight years. Birds find a wonderful place among the multiple flowers and fruits. The wide variety of plants that grow in the property amused us during the morning.
We were received by the owners and four scarlet macaws that fed on the Terminalia trees along the beach. As we were starting our walk a chestnut mandibled toucan perched on a nearby tree. We also found a spectacular purple crowned fairy, two king vultures, a white hawk and a short tailed hawk. As we came back to the ship the bottle nosed dolphins swam close to the Sea Voyager.
The calm seas were ideal to swim from the stern and refreshed us after a busy morning. The ship repositioned for two hours to the Rincon River. The tide was still rising as we started kayaking up the river. The Northern Jacanas walked at the shore and whimbrels and white ibis flew ahead of us. The green and the Amazon kingfishers dove for food and the white throated capuchin was very active foraging.
On the mangroves the crabs eat the leaves and other crabs. This important and plentiful resource sustains several species of animals. The crab eating raccoon and the common black hawk specialize in eating crabs.
A Neotropical cormorant posed for us as we were on our way to the ship. We weighed anchor to cross the border into the country of Panama, where Coiba Island awaits us.
We surrounded the Osa Peninsula to reach Golfo Dulce, the sweet Gulf. The calm sea at this tropical fiord allowed sightings of yellow bellied sea snakes and eagle rays. We arrived at Casa Orquideas. This great botanical garden has been the home of Ron and Trudy McAllister for twenty eight years. Birds find a wonderful place among the multiple flowers and fruits. The wide variety of plants that grow in the property amused us during the morning.
We were received by the owners and four scarlet macaws that fed on the Terminalia trees along the beach. As we were starting our walk a chestnut mandibled toucan perched on a nearby tree. We also found a spectacular purple crowned fairy, two king vultures, a white hawk and a short tailed hawk. As we came back to the ship the bottle nosed dolphins swam close to the Sea Voyager.
The calm seas were ideal to swim from the stern and refreshed us after a busy morning. The ship repositioned for two hours to the Rincon River. The tide was still rising as we started kayaking up the river. The Northern Jacanas walked at the shore and whimbrels and white ibis flew ahead of us. The green and the Amazon kingfishers dove for food and the white throated capuchin was very active foraging.
On the mangroves the crabs eat the leaves and other crabs. This important and plentiful resource sustains several species of animals. The crab eating raccoon and the common black hawk specialize in eating crabs.
A Neotropical cormorant posed for us as we were on our way to the ship. We weighed anchor to cross the border into the country of Panama, where Coiba Island awaits us.
