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Cristian Cascante

Cristian is another member of the Cascante family that guides at Hacienda Baru. He was born and raised right here at the Refuge and went to the Dominical School through sixth grade.

His first job at Hacienda Baru was to help with the construction of the Guides Center and after than he worked maintaining the 7 KM of trails on the Refuge. He then became very involved with a Volunteer Program that we had at Hacienda Baru, it was his job to keep them on task. It was from the volunteers that he learned his English. He fondly remembers one girl, Kate, who would give him 20 verbs to learn before dinner. If he couldn’t say them back to her exactly right, he didn’t get his dinner!

Cristian has now been guiding for 4 years, he guides the Rain Forest Experience, the Night in the Jungle and the Mangrove Walk. He especially loved the sloths and his favorite birds are the Chestnut-mandibled Toucan and the Fiery-billed Aracari. He finds the way his guests light up when he interprets the environment for them especially gratifying.

When he’s not in the canopy or on a trail Cristian likes to read about natural history, watch TV and listen to music.

Compre el libro de Jack

Descubra la manera misteriosa y fascinante en el que los animales y las plantas y las personas interactúan unas con otras en los bosques lluviosos de Costa Rica.
Autor y naturalista Jack Ewing comparte una gran cantidad de observaciones y experiencias, se reunieron más de tres décadas de la vida en el suroeste de Costa Rica, el hogar de algunos de los ecosistemas más prolíficos y variados de la Tierra.
Más que una simple colección de ensayos, los monos son de chocolate es un testimonio de la maravilla de la vida en todas sus formas innumerables, vista a través de los ojos de un hombre con un don de discernimiento sutil y un don natural para contar historias.

Capuchin Capers

The troop of 26 monkeys was strung out over about 100 meters, moving through the forest. The lead monkey, a mature female, came to an area where the tree cover was broken by an open swamp with only a narrow corridor two trees wide going around it.

Tienda Chocolate Monkey

Nuestra tienda de regalos es bien conocida en la zona por tener una gran variedad de regalos. No sólo va a encontrar camisetas, hamacas y joyería. Nuestra política es comprar (en lo posible) de los artesanos locales que trabajan con materiales locales de un recurso sostenible.
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Mailing Address in Costa Rica: Hacienda Baru Apartado 215-8000 San Jose, Perez Zeledon San Isidro 11901 Costa Rica
	General Information:info@haciendabaru.com General Manager:jack@haciendabaru.com	Phone:011-506-2787-0003 Fax:001-506-2787-0057