I ka wā eʻimi ai i nā quetzals ma Costa Rica, nui ka poʻe e hele i ke kuahiwi o Monteverde; ʻo kahi huakaʻi heleʻehā mai ke Central Valley ma luna o ka makani makani, nāʻaoʻao i kaʻaʻoleʻia. Ua kanuʻia kahi wahi iʻikeʻia ma kahi mau momona o Costa Rica o Cerro de la Muerte, he 90 mau minute mai San José mai.
I loko o kahi awāwa nani i kapaʻiaʻo San Gerardo de Dota, ua hoʻopauʻia kahi pīpī o nā quetzals i ko lākou home, e hānai ana i ka mea hihiu'āhiu a iʻole aguacatillo.
I ka manawa iʻikeʻia e ke Akua ma o Pre-Columbian a me Mesoamerican civilizations ,ʻo kēia mau manuʻulaʻula, me nā nani nani a me nā wāwae lōʻihi, ua hoʻolālāʻia i waena o nā manu lele a me nā meaʻike makaʻole.
ʻO ka manawa kūpono eʻike ai i ka quetzal ma ka makahiki maloʻo, e pili ana mai ka lā Dekemaba aʻApelila. Akā inā he lakiʻoe a hoʻomanawanui, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki.
Ma muli o kaʻike maikaʻiʻiaʻana o nā quetzals i nā hola mua o ke kakahiaka, hiki i ka hapanui ke noho i ka pō ma kahi o nā hokele o nā wahi. Hiki ke kiʻiʻia nā huakaʻi e ka papa mua ma ka nui o nā hōkū. Loaʻa nā helu mai $ 16 (kelepona Dantica, Tel: 2740-1067) i $ 55 (kālepaʻo Segrega Hotel Hotel, Tel: 2740-1028).
Ka mea e hana
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i loko o ka quetzal-hahai holoholona, pono ke kūlanaʻo San Gerardo de Dota i ka huakaʻi pono'ī. Me nā ululāʻau ululāʻau nui i hui pū i loko o nā'ōmaʻomaʻo uliuli, i hoʻohālikelikeʻia e kahi kahawai kuamoana hoʻomana, he wahi kūpono ia no ka hoʻiʻana i ka hebedoma.
Hiki i nā malihini ke hele i ka holoʻana i lalo i ke kahawaiʻo Watergreve Waterfall; kahi holo waena waena o ke alanui ma keʻano o ka pilikia. ʻO ka wikiwiki ke heleʻana akā e piʻi nui i 25 mau mika. Aia kekahi mau alakaʻi alakaʻi no kēia heleʻana. ʻO nā palena kūpono mai ka $ 40- $ 70 no ka hapalua lā.
ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻolimalimaʻia he $ 12 i ka hola me kahi alakaʻi.
Hiki i nā poʻe ma Savegre Mountain Hotel (Tel: 2740-1028) ke hoʻonohonoho i kēia holo.
Ma Trogon Lodge (Tel: 2293-8181), aia kahi hehi 10-platform, kahi i $ 35 no kēlā me kēia kanaka.
ʻO nā huakaʻi hele ma ka Cerro de la Muerte (kahi $ 35) a ma ka Quetzal National Park (kahi $ 47) kekahi mau koho i hiki ke kākauʻia ma nā hokele.
ʻO kahiʻo ke kaloli me ke kīʻaha mua e hele i kaʻawa kalapona - Café Dota - he wahi pōkole loa ia ma Santa Maria de Dota. Laweʻia (ma kahi $ 70 hou) i San Gerardo de Dota i ke kakahiaka. ʻO ke kaʻa hoʻokahi wale nō $ 39. Kāheaʻo Dantica (Tel: 2740-1067).
Kahi e noho ai
Ua noho muaʻia ke awāwa e kaʻohana Chacon i nā makahiki 1950, a ua kākoʻo iā lākou iho ma nā pipi puaa, nā iʻa a me nā kumu hua. I ka 'loaʻaʻana o ka quetzal' ma ke kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe o ke ao, ua ala koke ka'enehi kaiāulu a me nā hale liʻiliʻi i ulu i nā kuahiwi.
ʻO ka Hui Hoʻoponopono Hui Pūnaewele (Tel: 2740-1028; www.savegre.co.cr), ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo Cabinas Chacon, kahi mālamaʻia e kaʻohana Chacon. He maʻalahi nā lumi a he mea maʻa keʻai, akāʻo nā māla pua nani e hoʻouluulu i nā malihini kipa eʻoliʻoli i waho. E hoʻomaka nā lumi lumi lumi i kēlā me kēia pō i $ 94.
ʻO nā wahi hauʻoli, nā lumi hoʻokipa e pili ana i nā māla nani ma Trogon Lodge (Tel: 2293-8181; www.grupomawamba.com).
Hoʻohālikeʻia kēia kekahi o nā kohoʻoi aku no ka wahi. ʻO ka nui o nā uku i waena o $ 83 a me $ 134.
No kaʻike hou o kēia manawa, e nānā i ka Dantica (Tel: 2740-1067; www.dantica.com), me nā paia keʻokeʻo, nā mea hoʻonani a me nā puka aniani nunui. ʻO nā lumi mai kahi $ 126 a $ 178 i ka pō.
Hotel de Montaña del Syria (Tel: 2740-1004; www.suria-lodge.com) e hāʻawi i nā wahi noho i kahi hohonu a komo i loko o ke awāwa, akā me ka hiki nui i nā ala hele.
E nānā iā Hotel Las Cataratas (Tel: 8393-9278 aiʻole 2740-1064), El Manantial (Tel: 2740-1045; www.elmanantiallodge.com) a me Sueños del Bosque Lodge (Tel: 2740-1023; www.bosquesangerardo.com ). ʻOʻAla El Quetzal (Tel: 2740-1036; www.cabinaselquetzal.com) hāʻawi aku i kahi hōʻailona nui loa no $ 63.
Pehea e hele ai ma laila
Ma muli o nā kaʻa, nā haleʻai a me nā hiʻona e mamao mamao ana, ua makemake nuiʻia e hōʻea i kahi kaʻa.
E hele i laila, e lawe i ke alaloa o Interamericana ma ka hema mai San José, ma hope o nā hōʻailona i San Isidro de General a iʻole Pérez Zeledón. ʻO San Gerardo kahi kūpono pololei e 90 mau minuke ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale i ka mile 80. He mea maʻalahi ke noʻonoʻo e mālama i ke kiaʻi!
Ināʻoe e hoʻolālā e hōʻea i ka pahi, pono e haʻi i ka hōkele e noho ana ma mua o ka wā e hiki ai iā lākou ke koho iāʻoe. Ināʻaʻole,ʻo ka holoʻana he 9 mau mile. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i ke kaʻa kaʻa no San Isidro de General mai ka pūnaewele kaʻa o MUSOC. Ponoʻoe e haʻi aku i ka mea kūʻai kūʻai a me ka mea kaʻa kaʻa e makemakeʻoe e hele i kahi kilomita 80 ma San Gerardo de Dota.