Manuel Antonio And Curu Wildlife Refuge
Our first day of expedition on the Sea Voyager showed us an amazing contrast of landscapes between the Central and the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
In the morning, the lowland tropical rainforest at Manuel Antonio National Park welcomed us to explore its various trails, its wildlife and warm water. There could not be a better introduction to Costa Rica and Panama’s biodiversity than the close encounter we had with sloths, agouti’s and monkeys, just to mention some creatures that we found or the geology of this park, its tombolo (an ancient island connected to the main land by a natural bridge of sediments) and the beauty of its scenery.
Back to the ship, our staff prepared a delicious lunch to re-charge energy for the afternoon activities. We started out with a very informative lecture on Costa Rica’s History by Fico which helped to understand the Costa Rican’s idiosyncrasy.
When the heat was going down, we arrived to Curu Wildlife Refuge and the group started going for short or long walks to discover a different forest with a good variety of wildlife. We were walking on a tropical dry forest where the ctenosaur iguanas, white nosed coatis, howler and white throated monkeys were showing off entertaining us with their behavior, the first ones sedentary, the second kind pretty active as a result of their diet and the process to digest it but the two species fun to watch.
As a great reminder of the day we had, a beautiful sunset became the expression of the beauty enclosed in the tropics of Central America.
Our first day of expedition on the Sea Voyager showed us an amazing contrast of landscapes between the Central and the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
In the morning, the lowland tropical rainforest at Manuel Antonio National Park welcomed us to explore its various trails, its wildlife and warm water. There could not be a better introduction to Costa Rica and Panama’s biodiversity than the close encounter we had with sloths, agouti’s and monkeys, just to mention some creatures that we found or the geology of this park, its tombolo (an ancient island connected to the main land by a natural bridge of sediments) and the beauty of its scenery.
Back to the ship, our staff prepared a delicious lunch to re-charge energy for the afternoon activities. We started out with a very informative lecture on Costa Rica’s History by Fico which helped to understand the Costa Rican’s idiosyncrasy.
When the heat was going down, we arrived to Curu Wildlife Refuge and the group started going for short or long walks to discover a different forest with a good variety of wildlife. We were walking on a tropical dry forest where the ctenosaur iguanas, white nosed coatis, howler and white throated monkeys were showing off entertaining us with their behavior, the first ones sedentary, the second kind pretty active as a result of their diet and the process to digest it but the two species fun to watch.
As a great reminder of the day we had, a beautiful sunset became the expression of the beauty enclosed in the tropics of Central America.
