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Costa Rica on Star Clipper
All photos by Glen Petrie
Although she's modern and luxurious, Star Clipper is a faithful replica of the fast sail-powered clippers in use at the turn of the 20th century.
Although she's modern and luxurious, Star Clipper is a faithful replica of the fast sail-powered clippers in use at the turn of the 20th century.
Sailing into the sunset: shipboard life is low-key and relaxing.
A mother white-faced capuchin with her infant.
Up close and personal with a human-like white-faced capuchin monkey in Manuel Antonio National Park.
Passengers stroll quite Panama Beach, in the arid northern Costa Rican province of Guanacaste.
The bowsprit net is a popular place to hang out.
Torch ginger in Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre.
A waterfall in the lush rainforest near Golfito, in southern Costa Rica.
Star Clipper founder Mikael Krafft modelled the cabins after those on his own yacht.
Sailing into the sunset: shipboard life is low-key and relaxing.
Star Clipper sails quietly into a sunset off Costa Rica's Pacific coast.
Star CLipper drops anchor at some of Costa Rica's best beaches, such as Portrero, Flamingo and Panama Beach.
Modern dining in Edwardian splendour: the dining room of Star Clipper.
Chef Randall Gayle supervises dining on all three of the company's sailing ships.
A sample of desserts at the themed buffet lunches. Dinners feature table service and made-to-order dishes. "On a small ship you can do that," says chef Randall Gayle.
White-faced capuchin in Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park. Viewing wildlife up close is easy in this nature-rich country.
Just hangin' out: A white-faced capuchin shows indifference to the author's lens.
A green heron (not green at all) wades in Manuel Antonio National Park.
Passion flower in the forest on the edge of the vast, wild Corcovado rainforest.
Although she's modern and luxurious, Star Clipper is a faithful replica of the fast sail-powered clippers in use at the turn of the 20th century.
Star Clipper at rest in Guanacaste, northern Costa Rica. The ship is a faithful replica of the fast sail-powered clippers in use at the turn of the 20th century.
Star Clipper at the small port own of Golfito, which borders wild, vast Corcovado National Park, "the most biologically intense place on earth".
Savouring a sunset at sea.
Harmless spiny iguanas are common beach companions in Costa Rica.
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