It's wild, it's beautiful and Costa Rica's eco-factor is off the charts. Here find steaming volcanoes, lush rain forests and nearly half of all the animal species on earth.
Opps….. last minute change of port (now Puntarenas) and change of port adventure. We opted for the 6 and ½ hour Aerial Tram tour through the tree canopy of the Costa Rica Rain Forrest because the sky walk in the tree canopies (as it turns out) was to much for our old bodies.
So off we go at 9:00 am in an air-conditioned coach on a 90 min. drive through the Costa Rica countryside to a protected stretch of rainforest. There we gathered in an interpretive center were we were briefed and hopped on a gondola (Dopplemyer of course). A 60 minute guided ride through the treetops of the rainforest and a 45 minute guided walk followed on the forest floor. Only the pictures can describe the nature and manner of the vegetation, creeks, waterfalls, colourfully flora, birds (Macaws) and the 130 species of snakes. Strangely enough there were few if any mosquitoes, flies or wasps to bother us. Other than the heat and humidity it was a very comortable environment.
On our return trip we crossed a river that was teeming with large Crocodiles next to witch was a cattle range (not always compatible). The ranchers unfortunately loose a number of cows to the river creatures from time to time.
We got back to the ship just in time to leave on our next leg of the journey.
Opps….. last minute change of port (now Puntarenas) and change of port adventure. We opted for the 6 and ½ hour Aerial Tram tour through the tree canopy of the Costa Rica Rain Forrest because the sky walk in the tree canopies (as it turns out) was to much for our old bodies.
So off we go at 9:00 am in an air-conditioned coach on a 90 min. drive through the Costa Rica countryside to a protected stretch of rainforest. There we gathered in an interpretive center were we were briefed and hopped on a gondola (Dopplemyer of course). A 60 minute guided ride through the treetops of the rainforest and a 45 minute guided walk followed on the forest floor. Only the pictures can describe the nature and manner of the vegetation, creeks, waterfalls, colourfully flora, birds (Macaws) and the 130 species of snakes. Strangely enough there were few if any mosquitoes, flies or wasps to bother us. Other than the heat and humidity it was a very comortable environment.
On our return trip we crossed a river that was teeming with large Crocodiles next to witch was a cattle range (not always compatible). The ranchers unfortunately loose a number of cows to the river creatures from time to time.
We got back to the ship just in time to leave on our next leg of the journey.
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