Our mission today is to find the Resplentant Quetzal, one of the most spectacular birds of the Americas. It won't be hard, they are abundant in the forests of La Amistad National Park, a short jaunt from our hotel. Our guide enlightens us with mystical tales and interesting habits of the Quetzal, as their bright red and green plumage with long tails adorns the forest before our eyes. As we hike to a waterfall we are introduced to the cloud forest ecosystem of ferns, epiphytes, mosses and lichens. After lunch, we will have the opportunity to visit a trout farm in this pristine forest where thousands of rainbow trout are hatched each year.
Kids can feed the trout and maybe catch dinner in a nearby stream.
Overnight Hotel Cabanas Los Quetzales. We visit the elementary school of Guadalupe. It's a beautiful driver as we cross the continental divide through the Fortuna Reserve. Our 3 hour journey takes us across a large dam and through miles of virgin cloud forest. At the divide we may see the Caribbean far below where a taxi boat will be awaiting to take us to the Bocas de Toro Field Station.