Costa Rica Inbio with Cruise West

Costa Rica Tour and Panama Cruise with CruiseWest
Inbioparque near the Marriott Courtyard Hotel - Text and Photos byJack Yeazel
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General:
This is a 20-acre theme park run by the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio). It features three native ecosystems: tropical moist, tropical dry, and Central Valley native forests. Bilingual guides take you on a two-hour tour. Benches, natural shade and a restaurant offering local cuisine to add to the excursion.

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CenRut Location map of Inbioparque in the town of Tibas.

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Beautiful Blue Heron.
A collection of turtles.
Local resident.

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Guide Jorge Monge directs us into the main building.
Poisonous tree frogs.
Costa Rica's red-eyed frog.

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Shots from the aquarium. The gars are "fossil" fish still living today.

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Rita examines a strange plant with the texture of -cheese!
A little "junkyard bio-art".
Boarding our tour bus for the next five days. William, our trusty driver, rushes back for the "step".