Manuel Antonio National Park
The Costa Rican flag.
A sign written in Spanish.
A creature with eight legs.
A prehensile tail.
An omnivore.
A bird with orange feet.
These are the things that we have to find in our scavenger hunt list. Do you think is possible to find all of them in a single day?
Manuel Antonio is a small biological oasis. This national park contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, the 678 hectares (1.700 acres) of humid tropical forest that it cover, is home to many species of flora and fauna that are in danger of extinction. It also protects 55.000 hectares (135.905 acres) of marine reserve.
Attempting to find everything on our scavenger hunt list we first came accross a White-faced capuchin monkey which has a prehensile tail and is an omnivore. Later on in the day we found two more items on our list. We spotted a Spanish sign "SALIDA" which means, “Exit” and we noticed that the Sea Voyager was flying a Costa Rican flag. So now all we have left to find is something with eight legs and a bird with orange feet.
The Quepos Indians, from which comes the name of the closes city of Quepos, once inhabited this region. Previously in private hands, the national park was created to permit access to all of the most beautiful beaches in the Pacific coast.
Lets check our scavenger list, we need an animal with eight legs and the golden weaver spider has eight legs, so all we need now is a bird with orange feet. After two hikes at the park we all agreed the white ibis' feet were orange enough. And as a bonus we encountered: Sloths, Raccoons, Agouties, Black iguanas, Tucans and even a snake preying on a small bird.
The Costa Rican flag.
A sign written in Spanish.
A creature with eight legs.
A prehensile tail.
An omnivore.
A bird with orange feet.
These are the things that we have to find in our scavenger hunt list. Do you think is possible to find all of them in a single day?
Manuel Antonio is a small biological oasis. This national park contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, the 678 hectares (1.700 acres) of humid tropical forest that it cover, is home to many species of flora and fauna that are in danger of extinction. It also protects 55.000 hectares (135.905 acres) of marine reserve.
Attempting to find everything on our scavenger hunt list we first came accross a White-faced capuchin monkey which has a prehensile tail and is an omnivore. Later on in the day we found two more items on our list. We spotted a Spanish sign "SALIDA" which means, “Exit” and we noticed that the Sea Voyager was flying a Costa Rican flag. So now all we have left to find is something with eight legs and a bird with orange feet.
The Quepos Indians, from which comes the name of the closes city of Quepos, once inhabited this region. Previously in private hands, the national park was created to permit access to all of the most beautiful beaches in the Pacific coast.
Lets check our scavenger list, we need an animal with eight legs and the golden weaver spider has eight legs, so all we need now is a bird with orange feet. After two hikes at the park we all agreed the white ibis' feet were orange enough. And as a bonus we encountered: Sloths, Raccoons, Agouties, Black iguanas, Tucans and even a snake preying on a small bird.
