Rescue Centre

Wanting to watch the sunset over the water, we decided to wake up early and head to the beach. Although cloudy, it was definitely worth it in the end as it did remind me on home back on the Sunny Coast. After this, we went back to chill in the room a bit and catch a few extra Z's before finally going down to make some breakfast. We then began the walk to the jaguar rescue centre, where we hoped to see a bunch of different animals but namely a jaguar. Once we arrived and began the tour, we were pretty gutted to learn that despite being named the jaguar centre it has never rehabilitated a jaguar. Instead, right at its inception, and the reason that the centre exists, was that a large cat was handed over to them for their care, but only as it grew older did they discover it wasn't a jaguar at all. In fact, it was the second largest cat species found in the America's, the cougar. But it was too late by the time they realised and the name stuck. Along the tour we saw birds, monkeys, snakes, caiman, sloths, turtles, and most excitingly, an ocelot. Not quite a jaguar but the next best thing. Although an expensive tour, the guides were incredible, informative, and interesting. And, knowing that the money went to helping more animals, I was happy to pay it. By the time we finished, it had been a couple hours and we had seen a plethora of different animals. We thus began the long journey back. We grabbed our bags from the hostel and jumped on a shuttle on the way to La Fortuna. This was a slightly longer journey, about 5 hours, but it went pretty quick. When we arrived we checked into our hotel and went shopping for some food. We made some amazing Fajitas and enjoyed them before heading to bed.もっと詳しく