Curu Wildlife Refuge and Tortuga Islet
After a short navigation from Herradura, the Sea Voyager dropped the anchor in the quiet waters of the Gulf of Nicoya. Our anchorage point was located right in front of the small but completely captivating wildlife refuge. Curu is privately owned and it must be considered as one of the greatest examples of coexistence among protection of natural resources and a fully working farm. Our expedition group decided to start early with their exploration of the area. Most of the guests went along the long trail that crosses the approximately 300 acres of protected forest and mangrove land.
Other guests preferred to take a more moderate walk that brought great rewards for the avid young explorers. An incredibly active troop of capuchin monkeys was sighted almost as soon as our group left the farm house! In the mean time, our hikers negotiated successfully their way through this wonderful world of outstanding highlights. Several species of birds were observed during the hike while the short walkers enjoyed the bats, black iguanas, basilisks and the distant howling of the monkeys. There is no doubt that Curu conjugates a perfect blend between ecotourism and the actual survival of our coast line environments on the Pacific Ocean.
Curu would deceive most of our guests showing so much lush vegetation. Nevertheless, our naturalists made sure to explain all specific details regarding this special dry forest ambience. The green Curu will rapidly transform once the dry season commences in November for the northernmost province of Costa Rica. Guanacaste will start its phenomenal display of deciduous trees that will lose most of the leaves in order to survive the long dry months. The trees in this region will intend to conserve the water by dropping leaves and avoiding evaporation. We may not have four seasons in Costa Rica, but we will certainly have some time that resembles northern hemisphere autumn with all the tones of red and orange in the dry leaves.
As most of our guests returned to our starting point, all the white-throated monkeys from the area came to say good bye to the excitement of the younger explorers and their entire families. We completed the exploration of Curu and returned to our vessel on board the Zodiacs for a well earned revitalizing lunch. During the afternoon, everyone participated actively in the snorkelling and kayaking briefing as their introduction to the turquoise waters of Tortuga Island. Our young explorers and their parents had a marvellous swimming afternoon before it was time to take off for our next exploration sites.
After a short navigation from Herradura, the Sea Voyager dropped the anchor in the quiet waters of the Gulf of Nicoya. Our anchorage point was located right in front of the small but completely captivating wildlife refuge. Curu is privately owned and it must be considered as one of the greatest examples of coexistence among protection of natural resources and a fully working farm. Our expedition group decided to start early with their exploration of the area. Most of the guests went along the long trail that crosses the approximately 300 acres of protected forest and mangrove land.
Other guests preferred to take a more moderate walk that brought great rewards for the avid young explorers. An incredibly active troop of capuchin monkeys was sighted almost as soon as our group left the farm house! In the mean time, our hikers negotiated successfully their way through this wonderful world of outstanding highlights. Several species of birds were observed during the hike while the short walkers enjoyed the bats, black iguanas, basilisks and the distant howling of the monkeys. There is no doubt that Curu conjugates a perfect blend between ecotourism and the actual survival of our coast line environments on the Pacific Ocean.
Curu would deceive most of our guests showing so much lush vegetation. Nevertheless, our naturalists made sure to explain all specific details regarding this special dry forest ambience. The green Curu will rapidly transform once the dry season commences in November for the northernmost province of Costa Rica. Guanacaste will start its phenomenal display of deciduous trees that will lose most of the leaves in order to survive the long dry months. The trees in this region will intend to conserve the water by dropping leaves and avoiding evaporation. We may not have four seasons in Costa Rica, but we will certainly have some time that resembles northern hemisphere autumn with all the tones of red and orange in the dry leaves.
As most of our guests returned to our starting point, all the white-throated monkeys from the area came to say good bye to the excitement of the younger explorers and their entire families. We completed the exploration of Curu and returned to our vessel on board the Zodiacs for a well earned revitalizing lunch. During the afternoon, everyone participated actively in the snorkelling and kayaking briefing as their introduction to the turquoise waters of Tortuga Island. Our young explorers and their parents had a marvellous swimming afternoon before it was time to take off for our next exploration sites.
