Night hike

What it is

The night hike doesn’t happen on the lodge grounds. A five-minute boat ride takes you from the hotel to our private reserve, where a raised, cemented trail loops through the rainforest after dark — about 80 cm off the forest floor, so there’s no mud and nothing to slip on. A naturalist guide leads the way, flashlight in hand.

What it feels like

This isn’t a tour about ticking off a list. Some nights you’ll catch a poison-dart frog, a sleeping iguana, a snake coiled on a branch; other nights the forest keeps to itself. That’s not the point. The point is standing in the rainforest after dark, with every sound switched on around you — a place that, any other way, you’d almost never get to be.

Good to know

• Wear long sleeves, long pants, and closed shoes — the trail is clean, but the forest has its residents (bullet ants among them).
• We provide the flashlight (not a headlamp). Bring insect repellent.
• Suitable for children around 6–8 and up, with parents who understand we’ll be walking in the rainforest at night — its sounds and all — and that it’s the right fit for their kids.
• About 1.5 hours, year-round.