Friday, December 14, 2012

Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica

After getting in to Liberia, a smaller town close to both the northern border with Nicaragua and the beaches, we took an early private bus the next morning for a lot of hiking, wildlife, waterfalls, and volcanic activity in this amazing national park.

The entire thing was well-kept and the paths well marked. Our first stop was the most amazing waterfall, just a 3 mile hike through monkey-patrolled forests.

Perfect for a swim!

Fuzzy ant

With that portion of the park done, we headed over to the side with more monkeys and volcanic activity, including mud pots, fumaroles, and boiling lakes.

One of the particularly smelly fumaroles, complete with boiling pool

The monkeys, not nearly as cheeky as the ones in India.

Almost ran into this guy guarding the fumaroles, 2.5 feet long!


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