This is a mangrove. These places were so beautiful, mysterious and teaming with life! These are special trees that grow in the esteros or estuaries where the mouth of the river meets the ocean an the salt and fresh water come together to form a brackish water. This mangrove tour was in Finca Manglar and we had a Spanish speaking but very knowledgeable tour guide named Louis. It was such a beautiful and perfect day. We were so grateful for the tour because our first day at Finca Manglar, there was a big miscommunication about the cost of tours and we weren't sure what we would be able to pay to do. We were so glad that we paid to do this!
This started to become a form of entertainment for the kids when life got dull. Take 1000 selfies with mom or dads phone. I'm pretty sure jade kicked off this tradition! So funny!
All of the little ladies out cruisin!
Three handsome gentlemen.
The squirrel monkeys were so cute! This was the final species of 4 that live in and that we've seen in Costa Rica.
No matter were we go or what we're doing, if Eliza is tired, she finds a way to be rubbing someone's ears.
Having a turn with LilyMae.
We saw these Capuchins up close and personal which was fun. A lot of monkeys seem to travel along the bank of the river. "5 little monkeys swinging in a tree," makes a lot more sense now that we saw monkeys and crocodiles in the same area.
We saw some really rustic living as we traveled along the river.
The scenery was so beautiful.
Our guide was so good at spotting Spectacled Caimans and Crocodiles. We saw 7 or so. This one was probably around 4 ft long. Caimans get up to 6 ft max.
We saw a lot of Iguanas in Costa Rica, but it was always really cool to see giant ones like this!
It was a real treat to see all of these rainbow macaws up in this tree. There were at least 15+. When we passed the tree on the way back, they were all gone.
Again, our guide, with his good eyes, saw this barn owl. It took us 3 minutes to finally figure out what he was pointing at.
A local family out fishing.
Our first snake! Hurray! I'm sure that we are lucky that we didn't run into more snakes, seeing as how so many of them are poisonous. But we were sure happy to finally see a Boa, even if it was just snoozing away.
We saw lots of Crocodiles on our way back after the tide had gone down a bit. We could never get too close though because as soon as we would head over to them, they would just slip right back into the water. They were so big and so pretty.
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