Sarapiqui and La Selva — 23/2 – 26/2 We stayed at Selva Verde Lodge and Rainforest Reserve, a lovely place on the banks of the river. The tropical lowlands of Sarapiqui, are a wildlife-rich riparian zone along the banks of the Sarapiqui River. We had great views over the river from the restaurant. La Selva Biological Station is run by the Organisation for Tropical Studies (OTS) and was a highlight of the tour. The station is one of the four…
Tortuguero — 21/2 – 23/2 Our first destination was Tortuguero on Costa Rica’s northern Caribbean Zone. Tortuguero, which means ‘region of turtles’ in Spanish, is a very wet forested area with a network of lakes, rivers and canals. We had to travel everywhere by boat. We stayed at Laguna Lodge, an eco-touristic hotel, which is located on a narrow strip of land just 650 feet wide on the edge of the park and between Tortuguero’s main lagoon and the Caribbean…
This was another holiday organised by our group, and the second year, with Wildlife Provençale, a great little company. We were based in the village of Sainte Jalle (see marker on map), staying in various gites around the village. We had breakfast in our gites, lunchtime picnic in the field and evening meal at a local restaurant in the village. Day 1 – Baronnies The first day was spent in the Baronnies where we had wonderful sightings of all three…
I have always wanted to visit the Cairngorms so when my local RSPB group arranged a holiday with Speyside I was eager to join them. Normally Speyside has their own place, the Steadings, but there were too many of us to fit so we were staying at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey instead. John, Carol and I made our own way there and met with the leaders and the other people in our group in the evening….
Shetland – where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. In June 2012 Carol, John and I went on Mike Grimshaw’s Shetland trip. There were 12 of us in total and Mike had hired a mini-bus which we drove round in. We stayed at the annex to Sumburgh hotel. Day 1 – Saturday June 23 We arrived in a rather small plane at the airport with the runway sticking out at sea. After collecting the mini-bus…