Sierpe was a place that I've never really heard before
until I saw some pictures of it
in this book of Costa Rica aerials
an after I saw it there I said "Wow! I want to go see Sierpe"
and when I realized that it was near Manuel Antonio
and we were planning on a road trip to the south
then we said "Let's make a tour in the Sierpe canals"
it made all the sense in the world
Corcovado National Park 108km
today we are heading south
we are going to the Sierpe canals
we wanted first to stop by the Stone spheres National Park
that was on the way to Sierpe
we are the archeological site "Las Esferas"
looks like it is closed today
closed
but sadly because it was Monday
Costa Rica's National Parks are closed on Mondays so...
today is closed
let see if the guard let's us take a look at the spheres
we tried to convince the guard to let us in
to take a few pictures
nothing...
we didn't see the stone spheres
we couldn't get in, we weren't allowed
Ok, let's move on to Sierpe
when we arrived at the town of Sierpe
we had the luck to see some Macaws up close
but really really close!
like I've never seen in my life
and it is because in the town of Sierpe they have these Almendro trees
that it is one of the Macaw favorites
and they frequently arrive there to eat from the tree's fruits
and this time we were lucky enough to have them up close
really next to us
me with the camera then I was like
after that we decided to take a look
on how to make the canals tour in Sierpe
then someone convinced us of making a 2 - 3 hours tour
and without much analysis we took the boat tour to make the Sierpe tour
and it was a con!
what the tour actually was
it only took us down and up a bit from the Sierpe river near the town
we did saw some nice birds and all but...
it was nothing at all of what we had expected
of a Sierpe tour!
and this wasn't the tour guide's fault
or the guy who sold us the tour
because we actually never said what we were our expectations from the tour
it is just only that this is the type of tour they offer
when it is only a 3 hours tour around there
the nice Sierpe canals are very far away from the town of Sierpe
after making the tour
I went to ask the tour sales guy
that if they made tour to the mangroves part of Sierpe
which is the most interesting part of the Sierpe canals
and he told us that they do this tours as well
but they do it early in the morning, 5 or 6am
it takes like 6 hours to do it
so really
if anyone is interested in making this type of tour
the real Sierpe tour
then you should arrive at 6am
to make such kind of tour
maybe call before, coordinate everything, stay around the town the night before
to make this kind of tour because the one we did
I think it is not worth it
for such a long trip that if you make it from San Jose
there are actually closer places to make such kind of tour
almost the same or better
of what we did there
good thing this was the only deception we had on our trip to the south
because actually after that
we had one of the best surprises of the trip
and we will see that
on the next episode
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