Today's post will be about one of Costa Rica's Top tourist- and indegineous destinations. As the title already suggests I'm talking about the famous national park Manuel Antonio. Being located on the pacific coast it offers the possibility to convenienly combine beachtime, hiking and wildlife-watching. The 682 ha park is more or less a peninsula with several trails differing in length and difficulty. Throughout the park are information points, bathroom facilities, drinkable water and picknick-areas. It is possible to hire an experienced guide for a tour or you set out to explore the beauty of nature and wildlife on your own. I would recommend to opt for the latter which I did as it is not difficult at all to spot wildlife. I guess due to its poularity the animals have become acustomed to humans. But as the saying goes a picture paints a thousand words, let me just visually show you what kind of species you are likely to encounter in the forest!
Need a souvenir? But be aware, you'll pay a premium in this tourist-hotspot!
Deer
Tiny crab on a leaf
Small lizard inhabiting a tree
Sleeping sloths, I mean what do you expect if this mammal only moves for about 10% of their time?
HUGE lizard
Capuchin monkey with baby
The other kind of potential pickpocket; plus another (non-scientific) proof that we humans and the monkeys had the same ancestor some million years ago!
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