More Ecotourism

Another area we traveled to was La Selva Research station. It was purchased in 1968 by the Organization for Tropical Studies and declared a private biological reserve and station. Since then, it has become one of the most important sites in the world for research on tropical rain forest. The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is a non-profit consortium that has grown to include 63 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America and Australia. We were very lucky to be able to visit this place.


One of my favorite things I have seen was the poison dart frog a.k.a. the Blue Jean Frog. There were so many of them around the rainforest.

These frogs have poisonous skin in which indigenous tribes used for their blowdarts. Hence the name poison dart frog.

Below is the Bullet Ant, not something you want to encounter without knowing. These ants have a sting that feels like the sting of 40 wasps.








Below are wild hogs, they are the biggest mammals in the rainforest at La Selva. They are very calm and we were able to get very close to them. There are many of these throughout the research station.

There were also monkeys, and many various plantlife throughout the area. We were able to see an incredibly diversified ecosystem while at La Selva.