Today the National Geographic Sea Lion headed to the Manuel Antonio National Park, one of the smallest national parks of Costa Rica, nevertheless one of the jewels of the protected rainforest of this beautiful country.
We were delighted watching the sunrise while the surf gently welcomed us to the anchorage point where we began our adventure to the national park, which is the second most visited in the country.
Long hikers and medium level hikers were able to observe the various trees and plants on the trails of the national park, the cathedral and the sloth valley. The black spiny-tailed lizard, a common dweller of the Pacific coast, greeted us at the beach entrance basking in the sun. It was a perfect day for our trip.
We had a very little crowd when we got in the park while just passing to the other side of the beach a guest spotted a hoffman two toed sloth hanging upside down, putting on a great show for us! This species is very rarely active in daytime, which makes this sighting even better.
We kept walking in the famous sloth valley and twenty five yards ahead we saw a troop of almost fifteen white throated capuchin monkeys crossing the path and walking over the electricity wires, going up and down the trees. It was another amazing nature show playing, they were wrestling and peeking at each other.
A numbers of adults and juveniles were passing by, we even saw one baby clinging from the mother’s back in the few minutes we were able to watch them.
Keeping up with the great momentum, we found a three toed sloth by the intersection of the valley, near the park entrance. Spotting scopes aimed at this tree top dweller and we got to see it despite the deep foliage blocking the way.
After a very productive walk in the park, the time flew by so fast and our guests returned for a swim on the beach. The tide could not have been better for a perfect day of rainforest adventure and the beach.
