Making handicrafts at Lapa Rios!

Last week we had so many of our guests interested in the crafts that the artisans bring on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to Lapa Rios restaurant.
On March 20th, the local artisan Joksan taught young Wolfy Neukomm how to weave. He was really excited because he did his own bracelet! You can see him in the picture learning from Joksan.
That same day we also had with us Emily Savage. She is a very interesting lady that learnes how to weave in Chile. She also shared with Joksan some of her abilities. It was very nice to see how many people got involved with the activity that night; learning and teaching each others.
We encourage our guests to learn more about the local culture through this kind of activities!

Goodbye Nito

Goodbye Nito!

Dionisio (Nito) has been a guide in Lapa Rios for 6 years.
Last Wednesday was Nito´s last day as member of our staff.
We will always remember Nito for his passion for ants and birds.
Now he will be dedicating in full time in his family tourism company in his hometown San Vito, southern Costa Rica.
Currently he is in Venezuela studying and learning more about birds.
His company “Surcos” will be offering different kind of tours along National Parks and tropical forests of the Pacific side of Costa Rica.
He also wants to encourage children and young to conserve the environment; to achieve this, he is planning to bring students from his town to Corcovado National Park.
All our staff in Lapa Rios will miss Nito and we hope him good luck and success in his new life!

Lapa Rios´ regular guest is visiting us now: the White-Crested Coquette

It is usual that during this part of the year, the White-Crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) always amazed our guests that come to the main deck of Lapa Rios. Thanks to our very special special tree (Macrocnemum reseum) of the Rubiaceae family, is how we can look at this bird mainly during the early day late in the afternoon.
This tiny hummingbird from the Trochilidae family is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama and is very rare to see it. It´s natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Here is the best picture of the White-Crested Coquette that one of our guests took and shared with us.