Guests can choose between easy, level, 30-minute walks and longer, more strenuous hikes which lead deep into the rainforest. Though public, trails are rarely used by others than guests of our lodge. The Esquinas forest is categorized as a „lowland tropical wet forest“ and contains over 140 species of trees per hectare (more than Corcovado National Park!) and around 2.500 species of plants. You will hike through secondary forest with a wide array of heliconias, ferns, and other light-sensitive plants, and primary forest with walking palms, buttress roots, giant trees with epiphytic orchids and bromeliads, passion flowers, and endless lianas. You will see colorful birds, shiny butterflies, bizarre insects, frogs, and possibly monkeys, agouti-pacas, peccaries, or coatis. More than 360 species of birds have been recorded in Piedras Blancas.