点评:One of the highlights of our summer in Costa Rica was visiting Sibu. Highly recommend for those looking to better understand wildlife and plant life. We did a bunch of research and decided this was the right nature experience for us; we were not disappointed. We drove 2 hours from Playa Grande/Tamarindo and the roads were *very* bumpy so plan for extra travel time.
It was tough to find; we thought Google Maps had dropped us in the middle of nowhere because we didn't see the welcome sign or gate from our angle of entrance off the road, but volunteer Amy was at the gate and waved us in (phew!).
There were 7 people in our group (4 adults + 3 kids 6-11yo; note that another family mentioned that there's a min age requirement of 5yo in case you have littles). We were joined by a couple and another family of 4. Sibu tries to keep group sizes small, and only offer a couple tours a day and only a couple days a week, so snagging a spot is special.
A combo of Fabian and Amy (both extraordinary) delivered the +/-45min walking tour through the jungle; we saw monkeys, learned about a lot of plants, termites, the matapalo tree, families of coaties, and were offered coconut waters, juice, water.
Then Vicki, the founder/owner, delivers a quick +/-30min presentation in (what feels like) a treehouse balcony since it's a landing built around trees on the edge of a landing. We hear the founder's story, nonprofit origin story, risks and opportunities to monkey preservation, and so much more.
Then Fabian helped us visit the couple of monkeys (+/- 30mins) that they care for who are unable to return to the wild for a number of reasons. Hearing the stories of each monkey was my favorite part; equal parts heart-wrenching and promising.
Then we were gifted a calendar/family and invited to buy t-shirts; I'm bummed that I didn't act fast enough to snag one before we were whisked into the owner's truck to hitch a ride down the mountain back to the entrance gate.
We truly loved this visit and urge you to make it happen too. Couple notes from us: wear pants and/or bug spray (inc. on your face; my son got bitten on his face - the only place where we didn't apply!). There's a lot of tree coverage, but you should still wear sunscreen, closed toed shoes, hats, stay hydrated, pee before you get there (bathroom stop about an hour into the tour).
翻译:我们在哥斯达黎加夏天的亮点之一是访问诗巫。强烈推荐给那些希望更好地了解野生动物和植物生命的人。我们做了很多研究,并认为这对我们来说是正确的自然体验;我们并没有失望。我们从 Playa Grande/Tamarindo 开车 2 小时,道路*非常*崎岖不平,所以要计划额外的旅行时间。
很难找到;我们以为谷歌地图把我们丢在了一个不知名的地方,因为我们从路边的入口角度看不到欢迎标志或大门,但志愿者艾米在门口向我们招手(唷!)。
我们一行人有 7 个人(4 名成人 + 3 名 6-11 岁的孩子;请注意,另一个家庭提到,如果您有小孩,则最低年龄要求为 5 岁)。加入我们的有一对夫妇和另一个四口之家。诗巫试图保持小团体规模,每天只提供几个旅游团,每周只提供几天,所以抢到一个地方很特别。
Fabian 和 Amy(都很出色)的组合提供了 +/-45 分钟的丛林徒步之旅;我们看到了猴子,了解了很多植物、白蚁、马塔帕洛树、浣熊家族,还得到了椰子水、果汁和水。
然后,创始人/所有者 Vicki 在(感觉像是)树屋阳台上进行了 +/-30 分钟的快速演示,因为它是围绕平台边缘的树木建造的平台。我们听到创始人的故事、非营利组织的起源故事、猴子保护的风险和机遇等等。
然后 Fabian 帮助我们拜访了他们照顾的几只猴子(+/- 30 分钟),这些猴子由于多种原因无法返回野外。聆听每只猴子的故事是我最喜欢的部分;既令人心碎又充满希望。
然后我们收到了一份日历/家庭礼物,并被邀请购买 T 恤;我很遗憾我没有足够快地抓住一个,然后我们就被带到了车主的卡车上,搭便车下山回到大门。
我们真的很喜欢这次访问,并敦促您也来参加。我们的一些注意事项:穿裤子和/或杀虫剂(包括在你的脸上;我儿子的脸被咬了 - 这是我们唯一没有使用的地方!)。这里有很多树木覆盖,但您仍然应该涂防晒霜、穿不露趾的鞋、戴帽子,保持水分,在到达那里之前小便(游览开始大约一小时后,浴室就会停止)。