Lagoa Misteriosa

The next day we went to Lagoa Misteriosa, the Mysterious Lake. It is about 250m deep and scuba diving is available. Unfortunately I’m permanently certified unfit to dive (another unfortunate story to tell). Our same driver came to pick us at 7am as the lake can only accommodate 160 visitors per day. He drove us to Rio da Prata and boy, were we surprised, and oh…. the lake is about 4km from Rio da Prata. There’s a long wooden stair down to the lake. After the excitement of yesterday, swimming among 1 species of small fish is a different feeling. The lake is super deep and we can’t see the bottom which makes it a little scary. Nevertheless, it was fun swimming in the lagoon among the lush vegetation surrounding us. Lunch as usually is excellent.

Red-legged sierema

Divers below

Slacking as usual

  

 On the way back to Bonito, our driver spotted a giant anteater out in the field. He must have independent eyeball like the chameleon, can drive and look for animals at the same time. We came out of the car and took a better look. And we could not believe our luck as I spotted an armadillo about 20m away.  What an amazing day!!

Giant anteater...wow

Armadillo

Turkey vulture