Costa Rica – Rain Forest Experience

After our morning cruise on the river, we drove to the Rain Forest Adventures.  We took the tram through the rain forest.

Here is our guide explaining to Gene and the rest of our group of eight what we would see.  The tram is in the background.

 

Once we got on the gondola it was a long way down.

This is a gondola next to us going down the mountain.

The gondolas pass pretty close to each other.

These roots growing down to the ground from the vines high above them are a typical scene.

Here is a small waterfall flowing into the stream below.  Our guide told us that during the rainy season there is a lot more water here and in the stream.

The forest below us was very dense and had a large variety of trees in it.

This is a termite nest.  In the forest they are a good thing as they eat the dead wood.

 

This house high on a hill in the rain forest lost most of it’s yard during the rainy season in a previous year.

 

This vine had interesting pods on it.

We did get to see a white-faced monkey moving the trees as it swung through them.  Unfortunately it was too far away to get a picture.  We did get to see a few birds.  This is a Trogan

Of course you recognize the Toucan.

            Back at the visitor’s center there were some beautiful flowers.

They fed us a good lunch and just as we finished the rain began.  It rained for a least 30 minutes so we didn’t go on the walk-around that was planned.  Jim and Gene did get a private tour and saw bats and humming birds.

This is a Couch’s Kingbird that was right above the roof of the place where we ate..

Before you think I must really know a lot about birds—I have to admit that Bette and Jim are the real experts and they provided the names of most of the birds for us.

Another wonderful dinner and then it was off to be as we were exhausted.  Another sea day tomorrow to rest up.