ئېلان قىلىندى: 25.12.2023
On the way we saw a crocodile lying on the bank.
In the afternoon there was a guided tour of the lodge's garden.
The guide explained to us that the main thing we should do to see animals in Costa Rica is to look up.
He also showed us an unusual example of this in a tree: two porcupines were sleeping there. However, they were barely visible between the leaves.
During the tour we also saw three sloths (actually 2.5 because one could only be guessed at).
One of the animals even moved up the tree at a slow pace, which is not something you see very often.
There was a small boa sitting in a tree, which we would probably never have discovered without expert guidance.
We were also able to spot a very pretty iguana on one of the trees.
Since the sun sets early, we started the “night tour” shortly afterwards, which started at 5:30 p.m.
Nevertheless, it quickly became dark after we took the boat to a short circular hiking trail.
We set out to discover smaller nocturnal animals.
For example, we saw grasshoppers, crabs, a poisonous snake and grasshoppers.
We also encountered several cane toads that traveled from South America to other parts of the world and caused great damage there.
The very small (approx. 2 cm) frogs, which have almost transparent skin, were particularly difficult to discover.
At the end of the path we saw a bullfrog that had sat on our path.
After so many impressions of the first day in Costa Rica and the somewhat short nights, we went to bed early in order to be fit again for the early boat tour before breakfast.