Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Costa Rica
Calmed waters brought us to Golfo Dulce, a unique place with a diversity of plants and birds exceptional on the pacific side of Central America. Lately, this region has been going through a major environmental management plan, in an effort to expand the Osa Conservation Area. Several national parks and protected areas have been connected, to provide a corridor for the different species in the forest.
Our morning started at Casa Orquideas, a property of 70 acres protected and maintained by the Mc Allister family. Their botanical collection is truly an example of their passion and pride. They keep a living laboratory that can educate different generations of visitors about the ecology and natural history of tropical plants.
We entered the gardens and walked on trails through a display of flowers and plants. The birds also paid us a visit where we all observed a display of color from scarlet macaws to chestnut mandibled toucans. As the day got warmer our guests had the chance to cool off, swimming from the stern of the Sea Voyager.
After lunch a shroud of water covered the horizon as we repositioned to the Rincon river estuary. At first, we thought we left the rain behind, but the blessing of warmed rain water did not discourage the true spirit of exploration in our guests. We arrived to the mangroves and the rainforest, the kayaks and Zodiacs facilitating the discovery of land that has not been tamed by humans.
Calmed waters brought us to Golfo Dulce, a unique place with a diversity of plants and birds exceptional on the pacific side of Central America. Lately, this region has been going through a major environmental management plan, in an effort to expand the Osa Conservation Area. Several national parks and protected areas have been connected, to provide a corridor for the different species in the forest.
Our morning started at Casa Orquideas, a property of 70 acres protected and maintained by the Mc Allister family. Their botanical collection is truly an example of their passion and pride. They keep a living laboratory that can educate different generations of visitors about the ecology and natural history of tropical plants.
We entered the gardens and walked on trails through a display of flowers and plants. The birds also paid us a visit where we all observed a display of color from scarlet macaws to chestnut mandibled toucans. As the day got warmer our guests had the chance to cool off, swimming from the stern of the Sea Voyager.
After lunch a shroud of water covered the horizon as we repositioned to the Rincon river estuary. At first, we thought we left the rain behind, but the blessing of warmed rain water did not discourage the true spirit of exploration in our guests. We arrived to the mangroves and the rainforest, the kayaks and Zodiacs facilitating the discovery of land that has not been tamed by humans.
