Coiba Marine National Park, Panama
Our first day in Panama starts with a beautiful sunrise, full of pink and golden rays. Just like the best of the portraits, but this one can only be done by nature.
We dedicated the entire day to Coiba Marine National Park, one of the jewels of conservation efforts in Panama. Covering 675,000 acres, of which 80% is under water, this marine national park plays an important role in the conservation efforts of Panama. Coiba Marine National Park is part of a significant biological marine corridor that connects Cocos Island in Costa Rica, Coiba in Panama and Galapagos in Ecuador. These countries have made a joint effort to preserve these places. They are important resting places for migrating species like the whales and sharks.
In the morning, we visited the Ranger field station on Coiba Island and had a chance to bird watch, finding species that we could not have seen in Costa Rica, like the crimson-backed tanager.
For the afternoon, we enjoyed our time on the small island of Granito de Oro, where some went kayaking, some swimming and some of us went snorkeling. Many of us did it all. This provided us with a chance to see the spectacular biodiversity of this park. Species like the bicolor parrot fish, the white tip reef shark, the zebra moray eel and the hawks billed sea turtle were the sights of the day.
An evening of cocktails and recaps brought the perfect closure to such a spectacular day. As we went to dinner, a golden moon arose over the horizon.
Our first day in Panama starts with a beautiful sunrise, full of pink and golden rays. Just like the best of the portraits, but this one can only be done by nature.
We dedicated the entire day to Coiba Marine National Park, one of the jewels of conservation efforts in Panama. Covering 675,000 acres, of which 80% is under water, this marine national park plays an important role in the conservation efforts of Panama. Coiba Marine National Park is part of a significant biological marine corridor that connects Cocos Island in Costa Rica, Coiba in Panama and Galapagos in Ecuador. These countries have made a joint effort to preserve these places. They are important resting places for migrating species like the whales and sharks.
In the morning, we visited the Ranger field station on Coiba Island and had a chance to bird watch, finding species that we could not have seen in Costa Rica, like the crimson-backed tanager.
For the afternoon, we enjoyed our time on the small island of Granito de Oro, where some went kayaking, some swimming and some of us went snorkeling. Many of us did it all. This provided us with a chance to see the spectacular biodiversity of this park. Species like the bicolor parrot fish, the white tip reef shark, the zebra moray eel and the hawks billed sea turtle were the sights of the day.
An evening of cocktails and recaps brought the perfect closure to such a spectacular day. As we went to dinner, a golden moon arose over the horizon.
