Parque nacional Manuel Antonio

This weekend I went to the national park Manuel Antonio with some friends. The park is on the west coast of the country. So for me it was the first time to go to the Pacific here. Right next to the park is this beautiful public beach and because it´s rainy season here there are not that many people. Although Manuel Antonio is the most touristic national park in Costa Rica.

In the national park we decided not to pay for a guided tour but we had luck and right in front of us walked a photographer from the journal National Geographic with his personal guide. The guide was very nice and didn`t mind that we followed them around.
Without the guide we would never have seen this little bird. It's a hummingbird (=Kolibri) in his nest. It's soo tiny! The bird with his nest hardly has a height of 5 cm.

 

This sloth (=Faultier) was on a tree right next to the trail. The guide let us take a look and photo through his telescope. 

 

 

This is the beach inside the national park. That`s the reason why you should always bring your swimming suite and a picnic to the park :-)

 

 

On the beach we found these nice food prints...

 

 ... and its owner!

This raccoon (= Waschbär) tidies up the rubbish of irresponsible tourists.

 In the trees above us we heared monkeys sceeming and some times we saw them, too.

It's easy to understand why so many tourists come to enjoy this view!