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brego7

My wife, daughter, and I were led through the Manzanillo wildlife refuge by Abel. His knowledge, humor, and experience made this a fantastic experience. If your going on a hike in the refuge, get a guid, and if you get a guid, get Abel!

SoniaToronto

It was still free but they were building what looked like a large welcome centre so not sure if they will be charging an entrance fee soon. The first part of the trail is easy but soon the trail becomes hilly, muddy and slippery. We were in Manzanillo for 5 days and it rained 2 days (one day practically non stop). We did not see as much wildlife in the park as in Cahuita. We saw a hawk flying with his prey and eating it, butterflies, a scorpion with prey, woodpeckers, toucans, lots of oropendolas (with their beautiful exotic call) and 20-30 of their hanging basket-like nests, agoutis, howler monkeys, weird crabs and in one area a lot of strawberry poison-dart frogs. Also a rocket frog. The beaches are beautiful, the waves huge and we watched people surfing.

TheMrsKlitzke

Get yourself to Manzanillo and then go for a hike. Gorgeous beaches and views of the surfers. Beautiful jungle and its a neat part of the world.

Rico880

This is one of the world's best nature hikes. We saw Caiman, Morpho butterfly's, many frogs and somany sloths including moms with their babies. Hire a Guide through the association. We hiked for Four hours and visited an isolated farm briefly. You don't need to be in top shape to do this one.You start on an ocean trail behind Maxi's at Manzanillo beach with those beautifull Coral islands and then head inland. You must stop for a patio meal on the Beach at Maxi's, afterwards. I would advise having the fish of course.

PBMar

If you want entertainment and a learning experience, Abel is your guy! He is so personable and fun and smart and will structure your tour around what you want. He took us through the refuge and also on the BriBri chocolate tour. We would highly recommend both tours. We would have done more tours with him but he wasn't available. You can hire him through the tour groups but we just contacted him directly at 506-8895-7394 or email him at crlocalguide@hotmail.com. Abel will not disappoint you!

theresar801

We visited the Manzanillo refuge with Abel and had an unforgettable experience! Abel has a stunning knowledge about the park and all the plants and animals! He's a fantastic, funny and competent guide who knows how to fascinate visitors with the stunning beauty of the refuge, which is his home since 15 years. We can only recommend anyone to go on this adventure with Abel and promise you won't be disappointed!

Jaimy_Nikijuluw

Our first day in Puerto Viejo we were recommended to take Abel as our guide while walking through Cahuita National Park, by Shawandha Lodge. He is a great guy with humor and passion for wildlife and nature, and eager to teach. He made us work as he would pick a 'special tree' and we would have to find what made that tree so special. We found Sloths, vipers, racoons, many beautiful birds, emerald lizards, yellow headed gekkos, crabs, white faced monkeys (or maybe they found us). We found a big nest of Leaf-cutting ants and he made us jump up and down to get the Fighter ants out. It was great fun and his teaching made that we were able to find many more hidden animals during the rest of our stay in Costa Rica.In the evening he took us to Manzanillo beach, to look for turtles lay eggs on the beach. We were so lucky to witness an enormous Leatherback covering her nest of what were about 60-70 eggs. She was huge and beautiful, and this experience is the best of our whole journey. We much appreciated how the patrols and guides love to let you see this moment, but remain very protective about the animals. You only get to see 1 turtle, even if there are more present, and they only use small red lights to not upset the animals. No pictures allowed.I wouldn't recommend this trip for families with young children. Not allowed to use flashlights makes that you're in complete darkness most of the time. When a turtle is spotted you have to run through the jungle and over the beach, and in our case cross a river, with very little light. We also had a short encounter with a snake that was trying to go the opposite direction. Prepare yourself to be in the jungle without seeing what's beside you, and without proper paths to walk. Protect yourself from sandfleas! If you don't mind all this, witnessing the turtle is absolutely worth it.

Corvus47

Abel Bustamante was our guide in the Manzanillo Gandoca reserve. He has a great sense of humor and is very knowledgeable about the sights and sounds of the forest. He speaks english very well and was very engaging. He took his time and I never felt rushed. We booked through ATEC, though you could book directly with him by calling or emailing him (2759-9043, crlocalguide@hotmail.com). We did a 5 hour walk - I think my wife and I both wished to go for a longer distance and cover more scenery, but we got immersed in the flora and fauna instead. We saw eyelash pit vipers, chestnut mandibled macaw, collared aricari, howler monkeys, 2-toed and 3-toed sloth, bullet ants, leaf cutter ants, tarantula, white collared manakin, hermits, and more. It was a fun and informative outing, and although we saw many of these same animals around town, it was important for us to go explore the area and expereince the living forest. Thank Abel for a great time!

735beverlya

What a basically wonderful person and knowledgable guide. He showed us things we could have walked by without ever seeing. I took a bird tour with him and it was so good that I went back for a jungle tour with him and if I had had time I would have gone on more. He is humorous and knowledgable about local flora and fauna. I learned a lot about the history of the area and about how things work there now. He goes out of his way to make his tours enjoyable for everyone there

Lindulina2014

Very good guides, 2 hours of entertainment, could even touch the monkeys and got pretty much info about all animals, activities rescue center do... Happy we went there and now we consider it as a must seen in this locality.

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