The first post gives you a general idea that we had an awesome stay at El Remanso Lodge.  In this entry I will try and illustrate why.  I have started to compile my favourite images in my new Costa Rica Gallery.  Click on this link.

If you recall, we chose El Remanso Lodge since it gave us the opportunity to have a central base of operations without having to pack and repack everything.  We (at least a couple of us) participated in almost all the tours that were offered and enjoyed each and everyone of them.

We are naturalists at heart so any activity involving birds or other potential nature sightings had my vote. 

One of the naturalists, Rinaldo, took us on our night hike on that first evening.  At the beginning of the hike, he was able to expertly locate the iconic Red-eyed Tree Frog, the photo which appears on last weeks blog.  One of the neatest things we discovered were the dozens of tiny grass spiders lurking in the moist lawns of the resort.  We looked for snakes, lizards, frogs, toads and other nocturnal critters.  We were all surprised when 2 Armadillos scurried across the trail behind us.  The trail leads to a large creek, one of two creeks that are used for the micro-hydroelectric plants.  These 2 plants provide enough energy to allow normal use of lights and all types of electronic equipment (110V).  Both of these creeks have waterfalls and the second water fall is the final destination during the waterfall rappelling tour.