Our hiking lunch break was at this beautiful waterfall!
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| Los Patos Waterfall Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| David and I Ate Our Sack Lunches Immediately! Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| While this Swiss couple were anxious to get into the water! Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Actually the German guy was first to dive into the water, while his girlfriend ate first. Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| And here is my guide David Vargas diving in off the big rock (a belly buster!) Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| First one girl and the other in next photo diving in Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Sorry I didn’t get the names of the two couples, the German couple here Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| And before we knew it, time to dress and head back up the steep trail! |
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| I had to make a portrait of my excellent birding guide David Vargas first! Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| And I think Jairo made this shot on David’s cell phone camera which he posted on Facebook. Since I’m a birder and the two Euro couples are not, Jairo assigned David to me as the birding guide. Los Patos Waterfall, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
I have hiked into Corcovado National Park three times now and this was the best! Both Jairo and David made it so as well as it being an excellent wilderness with fewer visitors. It was more difficult to hike with lots of steep hills or ups and downs which they say is the meaning of the Spanish word “Corcovado,” – “up and down” though my online dictionary just translated it “hunchbacked” which is maybe a harsher version of the same thing? 🙂 My other two visits to this park were both on flat land near the ocean, La Leona and San Pedrillo and with different trees, plants and animals, though I saw more here – giving credit to Jairo and David. See the three locations on the map below.
I made a lot of other photos on this one all day hike, so check out the different category sub-galleries like birds, other wildlife and general Corcovado folder in my TRIP Gallery: 2018 March 13-17 – Danta Corcovado for a lot of fun images from this great wilderness.
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| Only one more Ranger Station I can visit – Sirena. It is illegal to enter at any other point. And Sirena requires a very long & difficult hike or boat or seaplane trip. Maybe someday! Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
¡Pura Vida!
I love this place!
I love this place!