Ara Manzanillo – Great Green Macaw Sanctuary, Costa Rica
Ara Manzanillo – September 2021 When we were in Tortuguero I saw a poster about a great green macaw project in Limon province, south of Puerto Viejo. If you’ve read the Tortuguero post you’ll know that we fell in love with the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, so the opportunity to volunteer here and help…
Tortuguero National Park
Next Stop Tortuguero! After Monteverde we returned our hire car and spent a few days in San Jose with our new friends – Paula, Juanjo and Tio, their adorable Boston Terrier. We had a really good time with them – wine (French Paradox wine shop, San Jose!), homemade sourdough (Paula’s an expert), city tour (P&J…
Monteverde
Our first trip was to Monteverde, around 3 hours’ drive north from the capital, San Jose. Monteverde is an area of cloud forest in the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range. Cloud forest are like rain forests, only higher up and considerable cooler! We fell in love with a tiny little wooden house we found online…
