Rancho Humo: Wet, Wild and Wonderful
- by crv.staff
- 02.03.10
- 10:51 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source: hotelscostarica.net
This time of year, Pacific-bound beachgoers cross the Tempisque River bridge and speed past miles and miles of dry pasture, baking under the relentless Guanacaste sun in this northwestern province. Hard to imagine that just 26 kilometers inland from the concrete highway lies a vast water world, teeming with birds, crocodiles and wildlife.
The place is Rancho Humo, a new 1,068-hectare private ecological reserve facing Palo Verde National Park along the Río Tempisque, and stretching south to Isla Pájaros. The outstanding attraction here is the reserve’s 800 hectares of recovering wetlands (see box). For birders, it’s an avian Garden of Eden, with a who’s who of Costa Rican aquatic birds, all flocking here to feed on fish, shrimp and other watery creatures that thrive in the wetland’s brackish waters. Add in a healthy population of crocodiles, coatis, deer, raccoons and other animals that enjoy a water-based diet, and you have an astonishing abundance of wildlife.
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