Costa Rica Family Trip - Day 6 (Part 1 of 3)

On the 6th day of our trip, we found and arranged for an excursion to some waterfalls in the in the hills near some volcanos on the other side of Liberia.  Tamarindo (where we were staying) is more of a dry climate, but we wanted the kids to see something a bit different, so we made the hour and a half drive back past the Liberia airport, through the city of Liberia, and over to Curubande de Liberia where the La Leona Waterfall hike/trip begins.  Funny enough they asked us when we got there if we wanted to take a ride (for a small fee) to the trail head or hike from the parking lot, as it would have been about a 20 minute hike with some steep climbs.  We opted for the ride and jumped in the back of this old pickup truck after meeting our two guides.

Some of the first things we ran across on the trip were tons of wild bananas and plantains.  They talked us through all the different kids and apparently there are still a lot of active farms for these around in the area.

The trail slowly wound down into the Rio Blanco and we stopped to take some pictures along the way of all of us.  We were geared for hiking but also a lot of river crossings.

This was the first river crossing that we encountered, and you can see why it was called Rio Blanco.  I was just trying not to fall in and drop all the electronics into the water.