Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
Leaving the Cerro Escondido Lodge, the trail begins with a steady climb.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
Hiking the Mirador del Golfo Trail.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
Hard packed dirt through the forest makes up the surface of the trail.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
The trail arrives at a schoolhouse used by the nature reserve for the groups of students who come to the land.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
Vampire bats make their home in the rafters of the school building.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
A carnivorous plant in the primary forest along the trail.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
Rising about 450 feet in elevation over its 1-mile length, most of the trail is up or down a steady grade.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
The trail leaves the secondary growth and enters the primary forest, where the path becomes much more thick and shady with the dense growth.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
A false summit looking west over the Nicoya Peninsula.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
02/21/2018
The summit of the Mirador del Golfo Trail, with panoramic views across the Gulf of Nicoya with Monteverde in the far distance.