At Mindo's mariposario, guests can admire the beautiful grounds, take a tour of the butterfly garden, observe butterflies in all stages of the life cycle, hold butterflies in your hand, eat lunch (or dinner whatever meal it happens to be time for), birdwatch, see more orchids, browse the gift shop, take scads of pictures. We did all of the above.
These "owl eye" butterflies were the predominant variety in the butterfly garden. When they open up, the inside of their wings are bright blue. It was hard to get a picture of them with wings extended, but we did manage to get one or two that weren't too blurry.
That's mashed overripe bananas that we're dipping our fingers into to attract the butterflies. I mean, wouldn't you be drawn to such an offering?
The butterflies seemed at least as attracted to Kyle as they were to rotting bananas!
Birdwatching (and photographing) at lunchtime
We'll be back to the restaurant momentarily, but first we have to begin at the beginning again through the eyes of another camera lens.
Size comparison
These butterflies are now fully hatched and must just wait for their wings to dry before they can fly off to enjoy their fill of goopy banana pulp and unrelenting paparazzi.
How many butterflies can you see?
My lunch was delightful!
And juice makes every meal a better experience. We had pitchers of mango and passion fruit juice as well as a single glass of guanábana (The English menu called it soursop?) that came with someone's meal. I think passion fruit was the unanimous juice of choice on this occasion.
Looks like we're coming in again! :-)
Can you see the butterfly eggs on this flower? The staff will collect them to put in the display boxes along the wall of the garden.
Don't worry, Kyle. He's got your back.
Checking to make sure we're not taking any butterflies out on our person as we head to lunch.
And there you have it folks....the mariposario of Mindo, a lovely place to visit.
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