Blue Banyan Inn Costa Rica

Jim from Blue Banyan Inn arranged a tour we requested to Damas Island. It is a mangrove refuge near the Pacific and only a few miles from Quepos. Antillo was our guide. We saw lots of wildlife and enjoyed the trip. Meanwhile, Kristen and Kevin had a ...

... this area. We were surprised when we came to the beautiful oasis, the Blue Banyon Inn. Jim and Barbara (gracious owners of Blue Banyan Inn) told us we were the only family renting the rooms. We had the entire area to ourselves and we could swim till our ...

Ate a leisurely breakfast at Blue Banyan Inn. We will miss the Inn. It was a favorite of all our residences during our trip. We drove thru the mountains towards San Jose. We also stopped in Jaco. The city of Alajuela has all types of residential areas ...

... Quepos, places to eat and things to do. We learned that the Mono Azul Hotel in Manuel Antonio is owned by Barbara's (owner of Blue Banyon Inn) brother-in-law, Chip. This is where we met for tours and we arranged to pick up a rental car. El Mono Azul ...

We followed Leo, the guide through jungle, mangrove areas and private beaches of Manual Antonio. We never veered too far in case we encountered snakes (yikes). We saw much plant life and lizards, but not many animals or birds (not tht our guide didn't ...

... ; There are towering palms, extremely tall and thick bamboo groves, wide, wide monkeypod trees (remind us of the Guanacaste Trees in Costa Rica, I need to find out if they are the same species)  and many many HUGE Banyan Trees all through this ...

... water is up and there are crocs) and beyond this into the monsoon forest, which was so lush and tropical. I could have been in Costa Rica! There was a small deck area where we got a nice glimpse of the forest / bush sprawling out beyond us. There were ...