Jungle River Cruise

The mangroves act like the kidneys of the river giving a very unique ecosystem.
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COCODILES, Crocodiles and more crocodiles punctuated today. Crocodiles on one side and cows on the other.  Oh yes monkeys, birds, and iguanas also showed their face to us as we cruised up the Tempisque River.  The Tempisque river is part salt water and part fresh water as the water flows from the volcanic land inland and meets the Pacific Ocean.  It has high and low tides which we experienced today.  It seemed to be a very bold step to put our boat in next to crocodiles on the beach but our guides knew what they were doing.  We laughed seeing lifepreservers on board thinking if something happened, why bother! We saw less than 1 percent of the crocodiles today in this place called home to these creatures.  We were 99% sure you would not last too many minutes in their muddied river.  Apparently the cows don't last long if they wander down to the riverside either.  The mud comes from the current so we did not see the other thousands that were swimming under our boat.  We saw only one of the two variety of monkeys today that live here.  Howler monkey families dotted the river's edge here and there.  None of these animals are hunted.  As our guide told us they can get about twenty dollars for a crocodile but thousands and millions of dollars in tourism if they preserve their animals, mammals and wildlife habitats.

No alligator purses from this country