<\/noscript> Main entrance to the Lodge at Pico Bonito. Photo: Courtesy Isis I Castro Alberto<\/p><\/div>\nThe trails at the Lodge at Pico Bonito are also great to see different mammals and reptiles. This is thanks to a strict no hunting zone that is enforced by the hotel. This is the best protected area within the national park. As such, wildlife is not as shy of humans here. Thanks to some camera traps that are set up in strategic areas within the trails, candid photos of jaguars and ocelots roaming the very same trails you will be hiking in are not unusual! Just imagine that a magnificent jaguar could have walked the same trail that you are hiking on! Of course, you will not see one of these large felines roaming around, as they are shy of humans and usually only out at night. But just knowing that they are out there is certainly thrilling!<\/p>\n
<\/noscript> Tourists enyoying the view from the swing bridge over the Cangrejal River<\/p><\/div>\nThe trails at the Lodge at Pico Bonito are also great to see different mammals and reptiles. This is thanks to a strict no hunting zone that is enforced by the hotel. This is the best protected area within the national park. As such, wildlife is not as shy of humans here. Thanks to some camera traps that are set up in strategic areas within the trails, candid photos of jaguars and ocelots roaming the very same trails you will be hiking in are not unusual! Just imagine that a magnificent jaguar could have walked the same trail that you are hiking on! Of course, you will not see one of these large felines roaming around, as they are shy of humans and usually only out at night. But just knowing that they are out there is certainly thrilling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are many different trail options within Pico Bonito National Park. Without question, the best maintained trails in the park are the trails at the Lodge at Pico Bonito. This luxury lodge offers first class facilities. Somehow, the rumor that the hotel was closing its doors has kept many visitors from visiting its facilities. However, the fact is that the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,196,80,192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birdwatching","category-hiking-and-trekking","category-la-ceiba-en","category-nature-and-adventure"],"yoast_head":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n