The jungle is most active in morning, so we ventured out to Cahuita National Park to see what nature had to offer. The entrance of the park was 1/2 mile walk from our Casa, then a 2 mile walk to the end of the park. As we entered the park we walked along a dirt path thru the jungle that meandered along the Caribbean Coast. The monkeys were howling and swinging from the trees. Huge blue butterflies adorned us along the walk, which is told to be good luck. Blue crabs scattered into their holes as we walked along. The amount of nature around us was amazing!
We planned to snorkel at the end of the park near a reef. But, it's against the law to snorkel without a guide. The reef and habitat are highly protected - you could illegally snorkel without a guide, but it's not highly recommended. We thought we would try our luck, until we saw a park ranger. He noticed our swim fins hanging out of our back pack and asked if we were going to snorkel. We told him that we wouldn't be going unless we found a guide (local boys hanging out for work). It was all to odd and different from snorkeling in Hawaii, where you jump in wherever you like. We decided just to swim instead. Back toward the middle of the park, we found a beautiful lagoon to swim and eat some sandwiches that we brought for lunch. Soon after we settled, dropped our backpack and entered the ocean, a daring little monkey attempted to rob us of our lunch! I tried to capture the monkey on video, but he was fast! Below is a video of the monkey in the trees, and a view of where we settled for lunch and swimming.
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| Cahuita National Park |
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| Picture Perfect Palm Trees |
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| Our lunch bench |
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