Rainforest and Bio-bay

The day before I went paddleboarding and on the beach, I actually went on a full day combo-tour to see the Rainforest and Bio-bay. What an amazing experience!!!

The tourguide picked me up at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel nearby, and then we went off to pickup the other tourist and go to Fajardo. First we went to the Rainforest informationcenter and saw a short introductionmovie about the Rainforest and its history. After the intro-movie we drove to the Rainforest and walked through it too a waterfall, where we had so much fun and took lots of pictures! It took about 20-30 minutes to walk each way, and the tourguide had given us about half an hour to have fun at the waterfall, so in total 1 ½ hour.

On our way toward the Bio-bay we made a few stops. The first stop was at Yokahu Tower, which is an observation point. The tower has 98 steps (well, thats what my tourguide said!), and when go get to the top, the view is AMAZING!

Second stop was at La Coca Falls, with is more of an ”picture-taking-oppurtunity”. Its right next to the road, so you will pass it on you way to/from the Rainforest, but definitly a place to stop for some good pictures.

Third stop was as small restaurant. I don´t remember its name, but the food was so good and cheap! I had grilled chickenbreast and wellow rice with coconut, and to drink Pina Colada of course! My first time trying rice with coconut, but defenitly not my last time having it! J

Finally we got to the kayaking place at the Bio-bay. We started with a group pictures and then the instructors learned us a few tips and practical things about kayaking. When he had the lifejackets on and in the kayaks, we kayaked through a channel towards the Bio-bay. We saw iguanas in the trees, white birds (I dont remember their exact name), termits and small fish in the water. When we got to the Bio-bay it was still kind of early, so we had to wait till it got darker. Meanwhile our kayaking instructor Niko explained us about the Bio-bay, some animals that lived there and about some research within the water of Bio-bays. I found it really interesting, fx the Bio-bay water, can only flow with the stream, not against. Another example is that in the summer time the water glows more green-ish, as in the winter it glows more blue-ish.

After Niko explained a little about everything, we had some free time to ”play” with the water. When you shoock your hand in the water it would glow blue/green-ish, so cool! After playing around, we kayaked back and had some free snacks (water, apples and peanut/mms/marshmallow mix), and one more group picture.

There was a couple of tents that sold souvenirs and a tent with chicken and/or pork sticks, so we had some chicken sticks and again, Pina Colada. Haha J

It was a really good day and so many new experiences - totally worth it, and Im so glad I did it!

*(Apologize, there are no pictures of the Bio-bay tour wet (I didn´t want to risk the camera getting wet!), but the tour guides took some pictures they mail us soon.)