Sarapiqui Riverboat Tour

This riverboat tour adventure was actually one of our first excursions while in Costa Rica. We all got up really early and traveled to the Sarapiqui River, which if I remember correctly was about two hours away, so that we could go on a riverboat tour. It was pouring rain and all 60 of us separated into three different boats with guides who pointed out all of the different animals as we passed them. These guides were obviously very experienced because they could spot all the animals within seconds of the boat pulling up to them. Some of these birds or monkeys were hard for us to even make out after searching for them when we knew where they were. The picture on the left is one of the boats and I'm not sure if you can tell from this picture but it was really raining! Luckily we were all told in advance about the rain and we were prepared. During the time we were there, there was severe flooding in this area so the water was a lot higher than it usually is during January.
The animals we mainly saw on this trip were monkeys, iguanas, birds, and bats. The picture on the right is hard to make out because they are very small and the picture is kind of blurry, but these are in fact bats! We were in shock when our guide told us because they are so small and just look like little dots on the tree.
After the tour we were brought back to the tour center and were served a snack which we could eat while relaxing in one of the many hammocks they had set up all around the area. Another thing they had was a small walking tour set up where we went into a caged in area filled with different types of flowers and butterflies. In addition, we got to check out some poisonous frogs which only the natives who worked there could touch. There is a picture of the green one below. They look so cute and harmless and I would have never imagined them to be poisonous if I wasn't told by the guide!