Estuary Tour

Costa Rica is rich in biodiversity. That is the challenge for today- find out what that word means.
We went for a boat tour of the estuary that runs inland from the end of Playa La Grande.
This estuary has brackish water. There is rich life back in this quiet inlet that is shrouded on each side by mangrove trees. Being from Florida I see many plants and birds that I see in my home town. There are blue herons, sandpipers and a tiger long neck heron, a hawk, mangroves, crocus plants, and much more. It was beautiful almost mystical because of the quiet back there. We stopped at one section of land and got off the boat. We hiked about 1 block back from the water and found a colony of howler monkeys. High in the trees they were swinging and watching us too. Our guide grew up in this area and walked through this estuary often with his mother. He had been practicing his howler monkey call for years. It was amazing and it sounds really authentic. I know you would have loved it! On our way out of the estuary we saw a crocodile! Amazing biodiversity in Costa Rica.

On our way out of the estuary we saw