We finished the tour walking along a deserted beach where we met two kinds of herons, two kinds of hawk and a beautiful blue iguana. And then….just as i was starting to get tired from the 3 hour hike, i was entirely reenergized by the discovery of a pair of tapirs…with their baby! So exciting!! We saw and experienced so so much including Howler monkeys, the incredibly agile spider monkeys, with no thumbs but an extraordinarily versatile prehensile tail. Our group was fortunate to have both Mike and Bernie to guide us which meant we had access to two scopes that allowed us to view and photograph the creatures in close-up as well as to learn about them. Like pointy nosed miniature bears, they grubbed around close to our feet, with their stripy tails sticking straight up, beyond adorable! Bernie is university educated with an infectious passion for his country, a bird specialist with immense knowledge of the symbiotic nature of the plants and animals of Costa Rica and a strong desire to share this knowledge with those lucky enough to draw him as their guide. It’s a long way but it has to be done!Īfter an easy wet landing, (I recommend water shoes) we immediately met my new favourite animal, Coati, in profusion. Our super friendly tour guide Mike, and an excellent crew boarded a 6k hp boat and headed for Corcorval. What a fantastic day and definitely worth the 4.00am wakeup! Fantastic, brilliant guide, Bernie, 2 young northern european couples a young canadian couple and I( a 62 year old english transplant) enjoyed breakfast together and boarded the boat with a lovely young group from Barcelona. It’s really worth the effort, before expanding human interference affects the wildlife. During our lunch by the beach we were eaten by the locals and returned covered in flat red spots which next dat swelled and were really itchy. The only complaint was that they didn’t warn us about the sandflies. We had three different species of monkey above us. We had an amazing coati experience with a whole troup, snuffling around us. They were excellent at finding wildlife to see and before long we were looking at a pair of red macaus. We spent a total of four hours in the park with guides, one per seven passengers. It was a bit bumpier but in good weather, quite comfortable. Along the Sierpe river we hurtled along past mangroves and fields until we reached the open sea. It was two hours by car and two hours by open boat to get there, not totally unpleasant. We chose to return here after fifteen years to see and photograph the animals. It’s a haven for animals of Central America. Corcovado is one of the most remote and biodiverse national parks on the planet.
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