Over the river and through the cloud forest to the coffee plantation

We departed early today and headed down through the Santa Teresa River Valley continuing to undulate through the verdant cloud forest. We followed the ridges high above the river valley of the St. Theresa through more populated rural areas. We passed through banana, granadilla, and avocado orchards as well as coffee plantations (said to be some of the best organic coffees in the world).






It was necessary to traverse the river several times...sometimes walking through the water, sometimes hiking over the suspension bridges!
















Nestled in a garden adjacent to the coffee plantation, this was my favorite lodge. I drank manzanilla tea as the rest of the gang took a walking tour!