Leaf litter is varied and thick along wet forest trails.
Hongo explosion
View from Las Alturas Biological Station
Epiphytes and lichens
Chandelier fungus
Views from Cerro Chai
500,000 hectares
Zak, the station director at Las Cruces OTS, talks about La Amistad Biosphere Reserve atop Cerro Chai. The NAPIRE students from the Pacific Islands were surprised at the summit: there was just more forests and mountains at the top… not ocean!
The first hike around Sendero Chai
Jason and Alice hike down the mountain near Sendero Chai.
Hike Down Sendero Chai
Down Cerro Chai, some students spotted a dark-morph Crested Owl. Daniel (aka Bird) takes a photo through binoculars with his iPhone.
A horned katydid
