ANURA Night Walk: 9 Lagoons, Alligators and Groups of Eight

ANURA runs its night walk on restored ground: 9 lagoons and a lake, linked by a trail rebuilt for the purpose, a few minutes out of La Fortuna. Groups are capped at 8 people per guide. Two hours, with torches. Water is what makes the difference here. Alligators live in the wet areas and are the animal people hope for, alongside frogs in quantity, reptiles, amphibians, night birds and insects that catch the light. The vegetation around the trail was replanted as part of an ecological restoration, so what you walk through is habitat that was deliberately brought back. The guides stop the group at points along the way to listen. Sound is half of what a rainforest does after dark, and it takes standing still to notice it. The trail is level and maintained, which makes the walk workable for families and for anyone carrying a camera.