We arrived right before sunrise to Rio Seco, a former cattle ranching farm and our morning destination. Now it hosts a beautiful tropical garden and a dense secondary growth rainforest.
We spent the morning exploring the garden and the trails that lead to the forest. We enjoyed good wildlife sightings, including colorful scarlet macaws, different species of birds, and a very active troop of squirrel monkeys that ignored our presence while foraging.
During lunch, we repositioned National Geographic Quest to the dock in Golfito. We explored the mangrove estuaries by kayak and Zodiac cruises. Our guests returned to the ship with happy faces to share their experiences of all that Mother Nature had shared while they explored.
It was our last day exploring the wonders of Costa Rica. Now we cast off the dock and start navigating to our next destination, Coiba National Park in Panama.
