On the day we visited Corcovado National Park, I dashed off a quick post on Instagram with a few snaps I had taken on my phone, and the assurance that I’d had an amazing wildlife day but would have to get the pictures off my camera before I could share them. I hinted at the spoils though, promising pictures of animals colorful, animals very scary, and animals absolutely gigantic.

More to follow next week, but today I’m making good on that promise.

Colorful: scarlet macaws!

Very scary: a huge American crocodile, swimming around in the little bay where we’d arrived via a wet landing just a few hours before, gulp.

And absolutely gigantic: my loved ones, of course! A humpback whale family that played and visited around our boat on our way back to the lodge – absolutely breathtaking.

More to come about these critters, and the other amazing sights at Corcovado National Park, next week!