Today Nestor, our tour guide from the day before, arranged a tour to La Paz Waterfall Gardens for some of us who stayed on in Costa Rica. It was a beautiful ride, traveling by farms and saw an area where ferns are grown. The last part of the road was really rough and we passed by a town ruined by an earthquake a few years ago.
La Paz Waterfall Gardens are near the Poas Volcano and National Park. There is a lodge and several restaurants on the property. The main attractions are birds, monkeys, butterflies, frogs, snakes, jungle cats, waterfalls and lush vegetation. There is a trail through the gardens which is 0.8 mile long which we wandered along. This is a great place to see wildlife of Costa Rica even tho is is really a zoo.
No pictures of hummingbirds but here are some factoids:
- Hummingbirds are only found in the Americas
- They fly at 45 MPH
- Their wings beat 60 times per second
- They visit between 2000 and 5000 flowers per day
A Myan legend says that the hummingbird is the sun in disguise in bird-like form to seduce the moon. The most powerful Aztec god wore a helmet on the back of his head shaped like a hummingbird head appearing half man, half bird.
Costa Rica hosts 133 species of frogs and toads.
Find out more.
From
Costa Rica Serendipity Adventures: "Yes, we have snakes, and lots of them, some extraordinarily beautiful. The most dangerous is the bushmaster, which is very common in the sugar cane fields. The last fatality from a snake bite for ANYONE in Costa Rica was in 1997. The last TOURIST to be seriously injured by a snake bite was in the 1980's; no one knows exactly when. The last TOURIST killed in a CAR ACCIDENT was approximately last week. The most dangerous activity undertaken by this, and most, adventure companies in Costa Rica is to drive on the public roads, especially at night, in the fog, with no yellow lines or white lines, no place to pull off, with nothing to mark huge potholes that might have formed the last time it rained. Snakes hardly rank in comparison."
Snakes try to avoid human beings and try to hide.
See a video of a Cat Fight!
One of the beautiful waterfalls.
On the way back to San Jose, the bus driver saw an elusive Quetzal and we all got out to take a look. Click on the picture for a larger view.
Today Nestor, our tour guide from the day before, arranged a tour to La Paz Waterfall Gardens for some of us who stayed on in Costa Rica. It was a beautiful ride, traveling by farms and saw an area where ferns are grown. The last part of the road was really rough and we passed by a town ruined by an earthquake a few years ago. 
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