Monteverde: Bat Jungle, Curi-cancha, and #27 the Monteverde Cheese Factory

We headed out to Monteverde for a few days. Our first stop was the Bat Jungle! We learned so much about bats! 

Ethan says: I learned that the main source of food for cave animals is guano (bat poop). I also learned bats are super useful to humans. One bat can eat 1000 mosquitos in an hour. We saw pictures of a bat cave in Texas that has over 20 million bats in it. It takes the bats 6 hours to just fly out to eat. Bats are not birds... they are not even related. Bats are cool! 

Joshua says: This experiment let us hear like bats do. Even a whisper sounded like a yell. 

Maddie says: I loved seeing the skeleton of the bat and how its bone structure is so much like ours with its fingers. It was fascinating. 

Amelia says: Bats eat fruit and don't want to scare people. They are really a good animal. They are not scary. 

The next day we hiked in a private reserve called Curi-Cancha. It was beautiful! 

 

Christian loved the pattern of these trees overhead.
The sky looks like a river. 

We enjoyed the hummingbird garden so much. It is
amazing to hear the sound of the wings as the
hummingbird flies by. 

Our tour guide Jorge took this selfie
as we hiked in the rainforest. 

After Curi-cancha, we went for a treat at the Monteverde Cheese Factory... #27 on our scavenger hunt! 

And then we headed out for a traditional Costa Rica lunch....