We woke up at 6am with high expectations because of the day’s visit to The Cloud Forest, although we were told it’s knowingly not the best place to spot animals. The animals spend most of the time at lower and a bit warmer areas but only visit the peaks of cloud forest for some fresh food. So in the end we saw only few fellas up in the forests: an aguti (dog sized rat), few white-nosed coaties (nose bear), a motmot (beautiful bird) and few other birds and a monkey.
Besides the low count of animal spots we got to enjoy the marvellous sceneries in the forest. We walked about 10 km by the different paths. The best view over the forest was from the place called La Ventana, the window. From there you can see the clouds hanging over the trees, sometimes reaching the ground too when it’s very moist. On paths the visibility is not very good as the forest is quite dense.
A Ficus tree with hanging lianas
Polar Night Escape 