Pankhani ya kufunafuna zigawenga ku Costa Rica, anthu ambiri amapita ku nkhalango zakutali za Monteverde; ulendo wa maola anayi kuchokera ku Central Valley pamphepete mwa mphepo, yopanda kanthu. Malo ocheperako amadziwika m'mapiri okongola a Costa Rica a Cerro de la Muerte, ulendo wa mphindi 90 kuchokera ku San José.
M'chigwa chochititsa chidwi chotchedwa San Gerardo de Dota, a pleetra a quetzals apanga nyumba yawo, kudyetsa wothandizira wamba kapena aguacatillo.
Ataganiziridwa ndi Mulungu ndi zitukuko za Pre-Columbian ndi Mesoamerican , mbalamezi zofiira, zomwe zimakhala ndi maonekedwe okongola ndi miyendo yaitali, zazikuluzikulu, zakhala zikutsatizana kwambiri pakati pa mbalame za mbalame ndi anthu omwe amangoziwona mofanana.
Nthawi yabwino yowona quetzal ili m'nyengo youma, yomwe imatha kuyambira mu December mpaka April. Koma ngati muli ndi mwayi ndipo muli ndi chipiriro, mukhoza kuwapeza nthawi iliyonse ya chaka.
Chifukwa chakuti ma quetzals amawoneka bwino m'mawa kwambiri, ambiri amakhala usiku pa malo amodzi a malo. Maulendo amatha kukongoletsedwa ndi desiki yakutsogolo ku hotela zambiri. Mitengo imachokera pa $ 16 (dinani Dantica, Tel: 2740-1067) mpaka $ 55 (dinani Savegre Mountain Hotel, Tel: 2740-1028).
Zoyenera kuchita
Ngati simuli kufunafuna quetzal, dera lotchedwa San Gerardo de Dota ndi loyenera kuyendera nokha. Ndi nkhalango zazikulu zomwe zimakhala m'minda yamaluwa, zosiyana ndi mapiri otsitsimula a mtsinje, ndizofunikira kuti mapeto a sabata ayende.
Alendo angasangalale kupita ku mathithi a Savegre a Mtsinje wodabwitsa; Kupita pakati pamsewu movutikira. Zimakhala zovuta kuyenda koma zimakhala zochepa kwambiri mamita 25 otsiriza. Palinso zitsogozo zachilengedwe zomwe zilipo pa ulendo uwu. Mitengo imachokera pa $ 40- $ 70 kwa theka la tsiku.
Ulendo wokwera pamahatchi amawononga ndalama zokwana madola 12 pa ola limodzi ndi chitsogozo.
Anthu a ku Savegre Mountain Hotel (Tel: 2740-1028) akhoza kukonza ulendo uwu.
Ku Trogon Lodge (Tel: 2293-8181), pali ulendo waulendo wa 10, womwe umawononga $ 35 pa munthu aliyense.
Kuyenda maulendo ku Cerro de la Muerte (pafupi madola 35) kapena ku Quetzal National Park (pafupifupi $ 47) ndizo zomwe mungathe kuzilemba pa hotelo iliyonse.
Ulendo wa khofi ndi khofi yoyamba yopita ku carbon diarrhea - Café Dota - ili kutali ndi Santa Maria de Dota. Kuyenda (kwa $ 70) kumachokera ku San Gerardo de Dota m'mawa m'mawa. Ulendo wokha umawononga $ 39. Itanani Dantica (Tel: 2740-1067).
Kumene Mungakakhale
Chigwacho chinakhazikitsidwa koyamba ndi banja la Chacon m'ma 1950, omwe adadzikhalira okha pa ng ombe za mkaka, mitengo ya zipatso ndi zipatso. Pamene quetzal 'inapezedwa' m'nkhalango yam'mwamba yam'mwamba, makampani oyendayenda anafulumira ndipo mahotela ang'onoang'ono amamera m'mapiri a mapiri.
Savegre Mountain Hotel (Tel: 2740-1028; www.savegre.co.cr), yemwenso imadziwika kuti Cabinas Chacon, imasungidwabe ndi banja la Chacon. Zipindazi ndi zophweka ndipo zakudya ndizofunikira, koma minda yokongola imalimbikitsa alendo kuti azisangalala kunja. Mayendedwe apanyumba pa usiku amayamba pa $ 94.
Malo okongola, ogona ngati malo ogona malo oyandikana ndi minda yabwino kwambiri ku Trogon Lodge (Tel: 2293-8181; www.grupomawamba.com).
Izi zikuonedwa kuti ndi chimodzi mwa zosankha zabwino zaderalo. Mawindo amodzi ali pakati pa $ 83 ndi $ 134.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri, yang'anani Dantica (Tel: 2740-1067; www.dantica.com), ndi mipanda yoyera, mipando ya chicki ndi mawindo akuluakulu a galasi. Zipinda zimachokera pa $ 126 mpaka $ 178 usiku.
Hotel de Montaña del Suria (Tel: 2740-1004; www.suria-lodge.com) imakhala malo ogona ndipo imakhazikika kwambiri m'chigwacho, koma ili ndi mwayi wopita kumsewu.
Nanunso onani Hotel Las Cataratas (Tel: 8393-9278 kapena 2740-1064), El Manantial (Tel: 2740-1045; www.elmanantiallodge.com) ndi Sueños del Bosque Lodge (Tel: 2740-1023; www.bosquesangerardo.com ). Cabinas El Quetzal (Tel: 2740-1036; www.cabinaselquetzal.com) amapereka phukusi lophatikiza lonse la $ 63.
Momwe Mungapezere Kumeneko
Chifukwa mahotela, malo odyera ndi zokopa zimakhala zosiyana kwambiri, zimalimbikitsidwa kuti zifike m'galimoto.
Pofika kumeneko, tengani Interamericana Highway kum'mwera kuchokera ku San José, potsatira zizindikiro kwa San Isidro de General kapena Pérez Zeledón. San Gerardo ili pafupi kutembenuza pafupifupi mphindi 90 kunja kwa mzinda pamtunda wa kilomita 80. N'zosavuta kuti muphonye kotero pitirizani kuyang'anitsitsa!
Ngati mukufuna kukwera basi, ndi bwino kudziwitsa hotelo yomwe mukukhala patsogolo kuti akakulereni. Apo ayi, mwina makilomita 9 akukwera kutsika. Mungatenge basi yopita ku San Isidro de General kuchokera ku siteshoni ya basi ya MUSOC. Onetsetsani kuti muuze munthu wogulitsa tikiti komanso woyendetsa basi kuti mukufuna kutuluka pamtunda wa kilomita 80 ku San Gerardo de Dota.