Xa kuziwa ekukhangela iinqongquthela zaseCosta Rica, abaninzi abantu baya ehlathini elinqamlekileyo lamahlathi e-Monteverde; Uhambo lweeyure ezine ukusuka kwiCentral Valley kwiindawo ezinomoya, iindlela ezingenamsebenzi. Incinci eyaziwayo-indawo ingcwatyelwe ezintabeni zaseCosta Rica eziqhelekileyo zeCroro de la Muerte, uhambo oluthatha umzuzu-90 oluvela eSan José.
Kwintlambo ephefumulayo ebizwa ngokuba nguSan Gerardo de Dota, i-quetzals yeefetzals yenze ikhaya labo, londla ummeli wendalo okanye i-aguacatillo.
Emva kokuqwalaselwa nguThixo ngemiphakathi yase-Pre-Columbian neMesoamerican , ezi ntaka ezibomvu, ezinemibala emangalisayo kunye nemisindo emide, ziye zavelisa oku kulandelelanayo phakathi kwabagadi beentaka kunye nabangaboniyo.
Eli lixesha elifanelekileyo lokubona i-quetzal ebudeni bonyaka owomileyo, osukela ngoDisemba ukuya ku-Epreli. Kodwa ukuba unethamsanqa kwaye unomonde, ungawafumana nanini na unyaka.
Ngenxa yokuba ii-quetzals ziyabonakala kangcono kwiintsuku zokuqala zentsasa, ininzi iya kuhlala ubusuku kwenye indawo yehotele. Iiholide zingabhalwa ngedeski yangaphambili kwiihotele ezininzi. Amanani avela kwi $ 16 (biza iDantica, iTel: 2740-1067) ukuya kwi-$ 55 (fowuna i-Savegre Mountain Hotel, iNombolo: 2740-1028).
Kwenziwe ntoni
Ukuba awukho kakhulu ekuzingeleni i-quetzal, intlambo yaseSan Gerardo deDota ilungele ukutyelela eyedwa. Ngamahlathi aseprayimari amanqamle edibanisa kwimifino eluhlaza, eyahlukelelwa ngumlambo ophuculayo, kuyimfuneko yokuphela kweveki.
Ababhenkethi banokuyithandayo ukunyuka ukuya kwi-Waterfall engummangaliso; ukunyuka phakathi kweendlela ngokubhekiselele kunzima. Ngokuqhelekileyo ukuhamba ngeendleko kodwa kuhamba kakhulu kwiimitha ezingama-25 zokugqibela. Kukho izikhokelo zendalo ezikhoyo kule ndlela yokuhamba. Amaxabiso avela kwi-$ 40- $ 70 ngomhla wesiqingatha.
Ukutyelela ngehashe kubiza i-$ 12 ngeyure kunye nesikhokelo.
Abantu base-Savegre Mountain Hotel (I-Tel: 2740-1028) bangalungiselela le tyelelo.
KwiTrogon Lodge (iTel: 2293-8181), kukho uhambo lwe-10-platform yombhobho, ebiza i-$ 35 ngomntu ngamnye.
Ihotele zokuhamba okanye kwiCroro de la Muerte (malunga ne-$ 35) okanye kwi-Quetzal National Park (malunga ne-$ 47) nazo zikhetho ezingabhalwa kuyo nayiphi ihotele.
Ihofu yekhofi kunye neyokuqala ikhofi ukuhamba nekhabhoni ngokungathathi hlangothi - I-Café Dota - ihambo elifutshane ukuya eSanta Maria deDota. Ukuthutha (i-$ 70 eyongezelelweyo) ishiya uSer Gerardo de Dota phakathi kwentsasa. Uhambo oluphela lugcine iindleko ezingama-39. Biza uDantica (Inombolo: 2740-1067).
Uhlala phi
Intlambo yaqala ukuhlaliswa yintsapho yaseChacon kwiminyaka yee-1950, eyayizinzileyo kwiinkomo zobisi, i-trout kunye nemithi yezithelo. Xa i-quetzal 'ifunyenwe' kwindawo ephakamileyo ephakamileyo yehlathi, iqela lezokhenketho lanyuka ngokukhawuleza kwaye amahotele amancinci ahluma ezintlangeni zeentaba.
I-Savegre Mountain Hotel (I-Tel: 2740-1028; www.savegre.co.cr), eyaziwa njengeCabinas Chacon, isagcinwa yintsapho yaseChacon. Amagumbi alula kwaye ukutya kuyisisiseko, kodwa iidiya eziluhlaza zikhuthaza izivakashi ukuba zizonwabele ngaphandle. Amanani ekamelo ngalinye ebusuku aqala kwi $ 94.
Amancinci, ama-lodge-like rooms azungeze igadi ezintle kwiTrogon Lodge (iTel: 2293-8181; www.grupomawamba.com).
Oku kubonwa njengenye yeendlela ezikhethiweyo zendawo. Izinga lokuhamba kwelanga liphakathi kwama-$ 83 no-134.
Ngamava anamhlanje, khangela iDantica (iTel: 2740-1067; www.dantica.com), eneendonga ezimhlophe, ifenitshala ye-chic kunye neefestile ezinkulu zeglasi. Amagumbi avela kwi $ 126 ukuya kwii-178 zama-night ebusuku.
I-Hotel de Montaña del Suria (Inombolo: 2740-1004; www.suria-lodge.com) inikeza indawo yokuhlala elula kwaye isetyenziswe ngokunyanisekileyo kwintlambo, kodwa ifikeleleke kakhulu kwiindlela zokuhamba.
Kwakhona khangela i-Hotel Las Cataratas (Inombolo: 8393-9278 okanye i-2740-1064), i-El Manantial (iTel: 2740-1045; www.elmanantiallodge.com) kunye ne-Sueños del Bosque Lodge (iTel: 2740-1023; www.bosquesangerardo.com ). I-Cabinas El Quetzal (Inombolo: 2740-1036; www.cabinaselquetzal.com) inikeza ipakethe engaxhamliyo yonke into engama-63.
Indlela yokufika khona
Ngenxa yokuba amahotele, iivenkile kunye neenqabileyo zikwahlukana, zikhuthazwa ukuba zifike emotweni.
Ukuze ufike khona, thatha i-Interamericana Highway ngasezantsi ukusuka eSan José, ulandela imiqondiso kwiSan Isidro de Jikelele okanye uPérez Zeledón. I-San Gerardo inelungelo elijikelezayo malunga nemizuzu engama-90 ngaphandle komzi kwiikhilomitha ezingama-80. Kulula ukuphosakeka ngoko qhubeka ukhangele!
Ukuba uceba ukufika ngebhasi, kukulungele ukwazisa ihotele ohlala ngaphambi kwexesha ukuze bakwazi ukukukhetha. Ngaphandle koko, ubuncinane i-khilomitha ezili-9 ukunyuka kwehla. Ungathatha ibhasi engachanga ngqo kwiSan Isidro de Jikelele kwiSiteshini sebhasi saseMOCOC. Qiniseka ukuba utshele umthengisi wetekiti nomqhubi webhasi ofuna ukuphuma kwikhilomitha eyi-80 eSan Gerardo de Dota.