After our morning tour of the Mystico hanging bridges we took the afternoon to explore La Fortuna a bit. First up was lunch (it was great) then we made our way to the La Fortuna waterfall. The excitement started before we even arrived when we saw a toucan sitting on a branch near the side of the road. This was one of the big name birds we had hoped to see, so of course we had to stop and take a close look. It seemed perfectly happy just sitting there watching us, so after a few minutes and a few hundred photos (don’t worry, I’m only sharing the best one) we continued on. We knew walk to the falls was not far, so we were a little surprised to see how many signs there were warning us how strenuous the walk down and up the stairs would be.
We quickly made our way down to observation area and were immediately impressed by the falls. They are strikingly powerful, and quite beautiful as well. I had some fun taking some long exposure photos of the falls and trying to capture the power of the spray that they threw up, but after about 20 minutes it was time to head back up. The climb back up was not as bad as the signs made it out to be, but it definitely got your heart rate up!
To round out the day we headed back to our Airbnb for a float in the pool. The wildlife sightings didn’t end there though, and we saw a few more interesting birds right there in the yard. Definitely a fitting way to end the day!
Taken 2/11/23
