Honduras Pico Bonito Rainforest Eco Adventure Tour
Honduras Pico Bonito Rainforest Eco Adventure Tour
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Off in the distance, behind La Ceiba, on the North Coast of Honduras, stands a peak usually shrouded by clouds and mist. At 8000 feet plus, it houses an ancient forgotten jungle with many waterfalls pouring down from its nearly vertical walls.
Jungle expert, Paul David, and his trusty sidekick Tyll brave the rugged terrain up the slopes into the heights of the Pico Bonito National Park. Our native guide, Christiano with "Terrible", his dog, lead us through thick rainforest, up into the cloud forest along a steep path at the edge of the Zacate River Gorge. It is an intense 3-hour hike from the first waterfall to another waterfall that is at around 2000 feet. The jungle is very beautiful here, and it is not uncommon for us to see up to five or six blue morphis butterflies at any given trip.
The blue morphis is world-famous and people come here from all over the world to see it. It is about 5 inches wide and around 4 inches long. Its color is bright blue and black on top. When it lands, it folds its wings up and, underneath, the wings are brown and perfectly camouflaged to look like tree bark or leaves. This makes it seem to disappear when it lands.
The jungle is the same as it was hundreds of years ago, no chopping, burning, or hunting has been allowed for many years. Real wild jungle animals abound. The river gets its name from the "Zacate" grass, a forked clinging sawgrass that grows everywhere up and around the river.
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