Casa Orquideas and Rincon River, Puntarenas
Today we started disembarking in Casa Orquideas (Orchid House), a private state with 5 acres of amazing gardens, hosting a variety of species of plants from all over the world. From orchids to heliconias, traveler’s palms to many other colorful exotics, Casa Orquideas is just a little piece of tropical paradise. Our guests explored the gardens and their inhabitants. Among them we saw chestnut-mandibled toucans, blue-crowned manakins, cherrie’s tanagers, grey-capped flycatchers and a rare king vulture.
After visiting the gardens there was an open invitation for our guests to swim in the ocean from the stern, a very refreshing and relaxing experience in the warm waters of the Golfo Dulce.
Later, Kathya Villalobos gave us a great presentation on butterflies, their ecology and conservation, a very relevant topic in a region with more than 15,000 species including moths.
In the afternoon, we had the option to either kayak or take a Zodiac to the mangroves in Rincon River. We learned about this interesting ecosystem, with amazingly adapted trees and home of lots of particular species. We saw mangrove crabs, two-toed sloths, willets, whimbrels, common black hawks, yellow headed caracaras and sandwich terns among others.
The day ended with a splendid colorful sunset and cocktail hours.
Today we started disembarking in Casa Orquideas (Orchid House), a private state with 5 acres of amazing gardens, hosting a variety of species of plants from all over the world. From orchids to heliconias, traveler’s palms to many other colorful exotics, Casa Orquideas is just a little piece of tropical paradise. Our guests explored the gardens and their inhabitants. Among them we saw chestnut-mandibled toucans, blue-crowned manakins, cherrie’s tanagers, grey-capped flycatchers and a rare king vulture.
After visiting the gardens there was an open invitation for our guests to swim in the ocean from the stern, a very refreshing and relaxing experience in the warm waters of the Golfo Dulce.
Later, Kathya Villalobos gave us a great presentation on butterflies, their ecology and conservation, a very relevant topic in a region with more than 15,000 species including moths.
In the afternoon, we had the option to either kayak or take a Zodiac to the mangroves in Rincon River. We learned about this interesting ecosystem, with amazingly adapted trees and home of lots of particular species. We saw mangrove crabs, two-toed sloths, willets, whimbrels, common black hawks, yellow headed caracaras and sandwich terns among others.
The day ended with a splendid colorful sunset and cocktail hours.
