Tapanti National Park Orosi

...  was 4:45 Tuesday morning when Luis, our taxi driver, left us in utter darkness at the gates of Tapanti National Park. Tapanti, which means "torrent from the heavens," is the nearest national park to Orosi. The area in ...

... ;had in life (and believe it or not, I can translate that sentence into Spanish now!) When we went on our Tapanti National Park expedition, Margoth brought a sweet granadilla for us to try. Wikipedia says, among other things: "The seeds, which ...

When the ranger at Tapanti National Park told me last week about La Marta, his intonation and body language changed ever so slightly. "Que bonito," he kept repeating; "how beautiful." This coming from a man who's worked some 15+ years in the country's ...

... do four. What?! Today?! Yes, four times in a row. Turns out they were practicing for a hike soon up the highest mountain in Costa Rica. For me doing this one once was plenty already. Anyway, this was really what I call 'taking a hike'. Had a very ...

... invited Carlos to have lunch with us. He understood that we were interested in birds and took us through Orosi, on the road to Tapanti National Park, to the Albergue de Montana, situated in a delightful riverside spot. On Carlos’ recommendation we ...