Totally wild in Costa Rica
It's fair to say that we'd heard great things about Costa Rican wildlife. Thanks to national parks spread across the country, you're always close to your next encounter. Not that they're confined to these preserved areas. We spotted sloths while parked up for the night in our campervan, snapped toucans on our way to the beach, and howled back at howler monkeys while out for an afternoon ride aboard our cruiser bikes.
The variety in Costa Rica is something else to behold, although due to shrinking numbers resulting in certain species being listed as endangered, you'll need the following to tick off the ultra-rare ones. We're talking about the jaguar, puma, ocelot and giant anteater.
Complete freedom of time
Money to access the remotest sections of national parks
An Attenborough-level telephoto lense
A HUGE dose of luck!
Check out what we've been luckily enough to see, both in the wild and as guests at The Jaguar Rescue Centre, Puerto Viejo.
Lisa's other spirit animal :)
Godzilla's Costa Rican cousin
Racing car dimensions for this little guy
Up close and personal
White tailed deers roam freely
Took ages to get this little guy to sit still #airbourneADD
What the f*uck are you looking at?
Just one of the 130+ snake species slithering in Costa Rica
Already showing the effects of hanging out with Lisa
Cayman not crocodile...I'm not that stupid
Finally a toucan!!!
Baby sloths - officially the CUTEST animals ever
DO NOT piss this guy off...evil personified?
Pistachio, the resident pelican and troublemaker
These little guys are stupidly quick
I see you!
Some serious calesthetics going on here
Hummingbird in all its glory. Flash and 1/2000 shutter speed required
Went hunting for birds, now I'm stuck on this flimsy-ass branch
These little blighters will act cute, then grab anything they feel like...you have been warned!
That's one proud iguana
Can I get to the half-eaten packet of Pringles without the lads noticing...
Oh shit, what is that...
Colourful and cool as f**k
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