Coiba, Panama
This morning we approached the third largest marine national park in the world, Coiba Island. It was in 1996 that Panama created this 215,000 hectares national park. The protected area survives as a pristine marine and land ecosystem due to the creation of a penal colony in the year 1919. Until 2003, there were still several prisoners on the main island making visits very restricted
As we cruised with our Zodiacs and kayaks around the main island, we were excited to find bare-throated tiger herons, Panama flycatchers, little blue herons, common black hawks and even the evasive king vulture.
After a magnificent lunch, we repositioned the Sea Voyager to a tiny island called Granito de Oro where we were able to snorkel in the second biggest reef in the eastern Pacific. As soon as we were in the water, we were able to spot reef trumpet fish, chancho surgeon fish, creoles jacks, boxfish, guinea fowl puffer fish, a white tipped reef shark, and the evasive hawks-billed sea turtle.
Just another day in paradise.
This morning we approached the third largest marine national park in the world, Coiba Island. It was in 1996 that Panama created this 215,000 hectares national park. The protected area survives as a pristine marine and land ecosystem due to the creation of a penal colony in the year 1919. Until 2003, there were still several prisoners on the main island making visits very restricted
As we cruised with our Zodiacs and kayaks around the main island, we were excited to find bare-throated tiger herons, Panama flycatchers, little blue herons, common black hawks and even the evasive king vulture.
After a magnificent lunch, we repositioned the Sea Voyager to a tiny island called Granito de Oro where we were able to snorkel in the second biggest reef in the eastern Pacific. As soon as we were in the water, we were able to spot reef trumpet fish, chancho surgeon fish, creoles jacks, boxfish, guinea fowl puffer fish, a white tipped reef shark, and the evasive hawks-billed sea turtle.
Just another day in paradise.
