My nephew-in-law, Sebas, visited me during Semana Santa and we had a week filled with surfing, horse-back riding and adventure. One afternoon, after hiking around in Chirripo National Park that morning, we set out in La Poderosa to discover the best way to see the Diamante waterfall, supposedly the highest in Costa Rica at 600 feet. Yuri and I had gotten close once before by walking across the rocks of the river Diamante, but we didn’t quite make it all the way. I had heard there was a better way to get there, so Sebas and I were determined to find it. We ended up on a very ugly dirt road that led to nowhere. It was passable since we were still in the dry season, but I can imagine how bad it could get during the rains. We doubled back and tried another route that also led to a somewhat dead end where private property began that was guarded by an “aguja”, or metallic barrier. We were pretty much in the middle of the jungle with no one around so we decided to park the car and investigate. We passed under the aguja and walked into the jungle across a fairly well maintained road. About a half kilometer in we stumbled across a cleared plot of land that set up high and offered the absolute perfect view of the Diamante fall that we had been looking for. And it was every bit as amazing as I had envisioned. This is the end of the dry season so the rivers are low, but I can imagine how powerful a view this could be after it has been raining a month. The sun was getting low and on the other side of the property was a stunning view of the sunset over the Pacific ocean. You could even see the point of the Manuel Antonio National Park in the distance. It was the most picture perfect place that I believe I have seen in all of Costa Rica. And there was absolutely no one for miles around, other than a few grazing cows that stared at us blankly as if were strange invaders into their own little private paradise. I don’t know who owns this property, but they really have something special. It may not be the most beautiful place on earth, but it is as beautiful as anything my eyes have had the privilege to see. There is a special brand of calm and peacefulness that you feel in your soul when you confront such a spectacular display of raw nature.
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[…] and it will take you to some places where you can get a distant view. However, there is this one secret spot where you can really get an “in your face” view of the fall (note picture). To get […]