Iguanas were everywhere. This one was on the path in front of our car:
Check out that iris:
This is a male basilisk lizard. It has powerful hind legs, which it uses to stand up and cross streams and small rivers. I've seen one of them cross a stream in Carara Park, but it did so too quickly to take a picture. This one below was on a side of the Tarcoles River.
Common sight on the trails in Costa Rica - and old army ant trail:
Wasp nest near Monteverde Park:
Monteverde Park:
This wild boar crossed the trail in front of us in Carara Park. I only had time to snap this one picture:
One of the monster trees in Carara National Park:
And this is how they begin. It's a strangling ficus. It grows around a smaller but sturdy tree, and covers it with roots until it slowly dies. But by that time, the ficus is grown enough to support itself.
The tree inside is a wild cashew.
More views from Carara National Park:
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