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There were others of course that I don’t have photos of, like Howler Monkey I heard but did not see, squirrels, and the farm animals I did not photo like cows, horse, pigs, etc. So this is just a few with the Coati being the one seen the most! They are in the same family as the raccoon and can be bigger pests, especially for food! 🙂 CLICK an image to enlarge it.
See my CR Mammals Gallery.
¡Pura Vida!
Not only did the mother Spider Monkey decide to eat some plant parts near my tree house but she brought her “toddler” who was more interested in playing than eating, and if that was not enough for the monkey mother, she was also pregnant – quite obviously! Here’s a few shots – just click to enlarge an image.
Watching things like this is just one of the reasons I choose a tree house here and they now have 8 tree houses along with their regular cabins on the lake. See their website at:
Maquenque Eco-Lodge website
Or see My 2019 Visit gallery
Or my Spider Monkey gallery
¡Pura Vida!
🙂
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Central American Spider Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Central American Spider Monkey Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Ri |
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| “The Nest” Observation Tower From which all these monkey shots were made. Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Ri |
To learn more about Mantled Howler Monkeys with videos at Arkive.org
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| Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Kekoldi Bribri Reserve near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Cool! He was at eye-level right along-side the hiking path. Closest I have ever been to one in the wild like this. |
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| Central American Spider Monkey Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Mantled Howler Monkey Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Central American Agouti Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Northern Tamandua Anteater Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica In field outside entrance to Jaguar Rescue Center |
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| Sand Crab Manzanillo, Costa Rica These guys were all along the board walk between my tent & the beach. |
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| Black-mandibled Toucan Manzanillo, Costa Rica Flying over the Ara Project grounds Forgot him on the birds day! 🙂 |
See my galleries of birds, insects and other animals + people/places in my new galleries:
TOMORROW I will show you my unique safari tent hotel in Manzanillo and the following day photos of the beautiful beach right outside my tent. And finally, three days of reports on the three institutions I visited while in the South Caribbean: The Ara Project (Green Macaws), Jaguar Rescue Center, and the Kekoldi Bribri Indigenous People Reserve.
I expect to explore the Caribbean every September which is the month this rainforest area of Costa Rica has the least amount of rain and thus less hiking in mud! (Interestingly September is the month the rest of Costa Rica has the most rain.) My favorite spot in the Caribe so far is in the north Caribbean coast, Tortuguero National Park. It is a favorite place to take guests from the states, so I will go there any time of the year and hope to make it there sometime when the turtles are laying their eggs, March-May for Leatherbacks and July-October for Green Turtles. So I will never run out of something to do in the Caribbean of any other part of Costa Rica with so many parks and places I am yet to visit! The adventures continue! What a retirement!
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| Mantled Howler Monkey, Laguna Lodge, Tortuguero, Costa Rica Photo made on cell phone through the guide’s spotting scope. |
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| Central American Spider Monkey (Juvenile) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey, Tortuguero, Costa Rica It is lumped in with the other spider monkey as just one species of the 4 here This is a mature adult while the Central American above is a juvenile They are like first cousins with mainly a color difference. |
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| White-faced Capuchin Monkey, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
Of the four monkeys that live in Costa Rica, three can be found in Tortuguero National Park and I managed to get photos of all three on this trip. The one not here is the Squirrel Monkey found only in and around Manuel Antonio National Park. See one of my photos of Squirrel Monkey at Manuel Antonio.
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| Central American Agouti, a large rodent, Carara National Park, Costa Rica. |
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| Spider Monkey, Carara National Park, Costa Rica (baby on her back) |
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| Spider Monkey, Carara National Park, Costa Rica. |
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| White-nosed Coati, Carara National Park, Costa Rica |
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| White-nosed Coati, Carara National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Costa Rican White Bat Carara National Park, Costa Rica Cell phone through guide’s spotting scope |
We also passed the bridge where the week before my guide Victor saw a Puma resting. And we saw some howler monkeys but no photos. Most mammals here are nocturnal. Insects were more visible in the day but also more difficult to photograph.
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| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Collared Aracari Toucan RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Emerald Toucanet RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Central American Spider Monkey RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Great Curassow RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Torch Ginger or Etlingera elatior RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
Well, there is so much more I could share. It was my second time at this little zoo, gardens, and animal rescue association. I really like it and think it a better (and less expensive) place to visit than La Paz for birds and gardens. Now, La Paz has hummingbirds not here and of course the beautiful 5 waterfalls, but it costs twice as much! And Zoo Ave is just 20 minutes from my house.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In 2020 this facility has been “rebranded” to eliminate the zoo concept and is now called Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center.
¡Pura Vida!