This place is amazing. Definitely worth a visit! And Boquete is great too, so you could stay there and come visit Paradise Gardens when you weren't hiking the local trails, touring the coffee plantations, or enjoying the hot springs. Oh, and they're always looking for volunteers. In fact, I bet that by the time my sister finishes reading this post she'll already be packing her bags!
Anyways, pictures will do a much better job of illustrating this than my descriptions. So, here they are:
take me to your fruit loops!!
I think this is a tamarin. The guide who took me around was great and told me all the names, but I immediately forgot.
Interactive monkey tour! I think this is a spider monkey(see disclaimer above)
this was slightly scary, but totally awesome. I was a little nervous when it was playing with my ear - didn't want it to think that it was a snack!
Macaws play-fighting. Man are they ever loud, especially when they're fighting!
One of several of the big cats they have at Paradise Gardens. I would love one of these as a pet. Except for the whole "they're wild animals with really sharp teeth andd claws" thing. Details, details.
right: baby anteater. Awwwwwww!
bottom: video of me with the monkeys - apparently they think I'm a human jungle gym. That's fine by me, as long as they don't think I'm an edible one!
Ooh, this is definitely one of my fave posts. Wow, you can read (toucan) minds! Those monkeys are quite friendly, huh :-)
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