If you aren't staying at the Si Como No Hotel in Manuel Antonio, then you may just very well miss their incredible butterfly garden. However, you don't need to be a guest there to go, so if you're in the area and are looking to duck out of the more heavily-trafficked tourist areas, then head over to the butterfly garden for a little relaxation.
Whilst in Manuel Antonio, I spent a good few hours across multiple days photographing butterflies and you can see that I was able to get quite up close and personal to many including Morphos, Cattlehearts, and Malachites.
Pink-checked Cattleheart (Parides eurimedes) from above
Close-up of Pink-checked Cattleheart (Parides eurimedes) mating.
Bird poop or caterpillar? This is an exquisite form of biomimicry.
A Malachite Butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) rests on the edge of the butterfly garden at the Si Como No Hotel—one of the finest butterfly gardens in and around Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
Caligo eurilochus sulanus
Morpho peleides limpida
Underside of a Peleides Blue Morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides limpida) wings
An Owl Butterfly Caligo memnon eyespot, up close at the Si Como No Butterfly Garden.
Morpho amathonte
Morpho peleides limpida
Morpho peleides limpida
