Costa Rica Nature Tour (February 2007)

Costa Rica Nature Tour cover page.	Map of Costa Rica (the tour was a day trip from San Jose).	The first stop was for breakfast at a coffee plantation. I am standing in front of a traditional Costa Rican coffee cart.	View of the coffee plantation which is located in Costa Rica's Central Valley.
A dirt road at the coffee plantation.	Coffee plants growing along the dirt road.	Farmhouse at the coffee plantation nestled among some trees.	A more distant view of the farmhouse at the coffee plantation.
Nice view of Costa Rica's Central Valley from the coffee plantation.	Near the coffee plantation is the Poas Volcano which is 9,000 ft. above sea level.	View of the the Poas Volcano.	Note the steaming, sulfur lagoon at the center of the volcano.
Me standing in front of the volcano with other people from the tour.	The next stop on our itinerary was at a farm stand that specialized in strawberries.	Other people from the tour at the stand.	A distant view of the La Paz Waterfall.
A dramatic close-up of the waterfall.	A closer shot of me standing in front of the waterfall.	Water falling with a bridge in the background.	Notice the older wooden bridge ruins beneath the current standing bridge.
Next, we took a coffee break at a stand called Hummingbird Gallery.	At Hummingbird Gallery was a tarrantula. A fellow tourist on the tour fiddled with my camera as I got very nervous!	Pizotes scavenging for food. They are members of the raccoon family and are found in the rainforests of Costa Rica.	Bridge crossing the Sarapiquí River at the Selva Verde Lodge, a rainforest lodge where the tour stopped for lunch.
Me standing on the bridge that crosses the Sarapiquí River.	Another bridge view. It was very rickety!	Boots hanging at the Selva Verde Lodge.	I guess it can get very muddy in the rainforest!
After lunch, the tour took a rainforest jungle and wildlife tour on the Sarapiquí River.	Our boat driver steers us ahead as another boat passes in the background.	Tree limbs and roots with a white bird in the background.	A mother takes her children for a dip in the Sarapiquí River.
Cattle hearding along the edge of the river.	Boys cooling off in the refreshing water.	The boys were rough-housing with each other.	Note the two iguanas on this fallen tree along the river.
Close-up of the two iguanas.	An ugly iguana poses for me!	Another iguana shot.	A river tour boat passing by us.
A caiman in the Sarapiquí River.	A caiman is a smaller species of the crocodile family found in Costa Rica.	A view down river with nice clouds.	A miniature arrow frog that we captured on the tour. They are indigenous to the rain forests of Costa Rica.
Our friendly boat driver.	We are approaching the dock at the end of our rainforest jungle and wildlife tour on the Sarapiquí River.	Passengers disembarking from the boat since the tour was over.