We left the Belmar in Monteverde after an early breakfast, for a long, 270km. drive southeast. Leaving Santa Elena we hit another dreadful stony road. A landslide held us up for a while, and eventually we got to the main road by the coast, which led inland to San Jose. We left the highway for coffee, and then took the busy ring road round San Jose, where we managed to fill up with petrol. On the
Panamerican Highway we stopped for lunch.
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| Savegre Lodge was at the bottom of a very steep hill |
At 3, after driving through the cloud forest and close to our destination, we left the main paved road to descend steeply along a winding narrow road to
San Gerardo de Dota, and reached
Savegre Lodge half an hour later. We have a rather chilly bungalow in a lush garden. We saw numerous tropical plants and lots of hummingbirds. Dinner was a buffet. A group of birdwatchers was staying there. We booked a box breakfast as we have to leave very early.
