An entertaining hike

There is a well marked ‘jungle’ hike that is basically across from the town of Venao. It is fairly shaded which makes a great hike in this heat.

It only costs $4 per person to access this private hike. The grounds and path are nicely maintained. Other than having to ‘rock walk’ across a couple of streams, the path itself was quite dry.

We weren’t very far into our hike when we started hearing howler monkeys. Luckily Heather and Mike spotted them and we were able to watch an entire troop cavorting in the trees. We often hear monkeys when out walking, however this is the first time seeing so many in the wild.

There are several labeled trees . The Barrigon is called ‘big belly’ because of its ability to store water during the dry season. It sounded hollow when you tap on it.

At first glance to me this looked like a bear cub hugging a tree. But no, it is just a termite house.

Part way up the hike there was a waterfall and a great place to cool off. There are three pools if you want to do the climb.

We made it to the lookout and had a great view of Venao.

For some crazy reason going down was much easier!!

After a late lunch we took the scenic route home.

A short cut across country turned into another adventure.

Our goal was to join the highway at a little town called San Jose. When we arrived there we found ourselves in the middle of a parade.

Now that was a full day.

Cheers

Ruth