Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Our morning began today with a Zodiac and kayak sunrise cruise up a small river known to the locals as Rio Agujitas. The timing could not have been better, for as soon as we entered the river mouth we were greeted by a troop of Central American squirrel monkeys, the smallest of the four primate species found in Costa Rica. The vegetation draped loose along the peaceful water, while a few common basilisk lizards sat on the rocks at the edge of the narrow river. Before heading back to the Sea Voyager, we were entertained by the blue morpho butterflies and myriad birds.
This was only the beginning of another exciting day in paradise, for after a hearty breakfast we visited the rainforest of the Corcovado National Park. Here we had several hiking options, which turned out to be quite rewarding as we finished our morning outing with a refreshing swim in a rainforest pool.
Our picnic lunch was a delightful array of food laid out by our crew on a lovely beach known as Punta Caletas. In the afternoon, we divided again into different groups; the “stationary hike” as Ged likes to call it, consisted of a few hours of leisure spent in a beach hammock, reading a book, enjoying the scenery or simply sleeping. The more adventurous took a pleasant walk in the nearby forest searching for the ever-charismatic scarlet macaws, or rented horses and went for an exciting ride along the coast.
Our morning began today with a Zodiac and kayak sunrise cruise up a small river known to the locals as Rio Agujitas. The timing could not have been better, for as soon as we entered the river mouth we were greeted by a troop of Central American squirrel monkeys, the smallest of the four primate species found in Costa Rica. The vegetation draped loose along the peaceful water, while a few common basilisk lizards sat on the rocks at the edge of the narrow river. Before heading back to the Sea Voyager, we were entertained by the blue morpho butterflies and myriad birds.
This was only the beginning of another exciting day in paradise, for after a hearty breakfast we visited the rainforest of the Corcovado National Park. Here we had several hiking options, which turned out to be quite rewarding as we finished our morning outing with a refreshing swim in a rainforest pool.
Our picnic lunch was a delightful array of food laid out by our crew on a lovely beach known as Punta Caletas. In the afternoon, we divided again into different groups; the “stationary hike” as Ged likes to call it, consisted of a few hours of leisure spent in a beach hammock, reading a book, enjoying the scenery or simply sleeping. The more adventurous took a pleasant walk in the nearby forest searching for the ever-charismatic scarlet macaws, or rented horses and went for an exciting ride along the coast.
