Today Tuesday (5/19) we drove to a more southern part of Costa Rica to hike in the Parque Nacional Carara, part of the rain forest in the central pacific region. The Tarcoles River forms the northern boundary to the park and is inhabited by crocodiles most of the year. In October & November during the heavy rainy season hiking is not permitted due to the high rise of water and influx of crocodiles and caimans.
We hired an awesome naturalist guide, Mauricio. He was very knowledgeable and took us off the beaten path into the forest. What we experienced was truly a special adventure and we saw the most beautiful birds and other animals in their natural habitat.
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| White Bat |
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| Beautiful Lush Forest |
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| Flycatcher |
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| Rufus tailed Jamacar |
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| Spectacular Butterflies - drinking water |
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| Termite Nest |
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| Ron enjoying the hike! |
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| Wild Bananas |
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| Banana Flower |
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| Orange-Collared Manakin |
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| When they fly their wings make a "fire-cracker" sound |
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| Huge super tall very old Ficus tree |
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| Chocolate tree |
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| Laughing Falcon |
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| Rufus-Tailed Hummingbird |
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| Puff Bird |
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| Male & Female Trogons |
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| Motmot Bird |
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| Scarlet Macaw |
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| Beautiful Macaws |
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| Looking right-atcha! |
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| Agouti |
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| Blue Silver Iquana |
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| After building up an appetite - lunch at Nidia's |
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| Kathrin had the red snapper |
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| Ron had "typical" lunch with chicken |
Sounds like quite an adventure! Awesome photos!! We spent day trying to fix our leaky head. Miss you guys!!!
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