Coiba Marine National Park Panama
This morning we approached Isla Jicarita at the southern part of the world’s third largest marine national park of the world. The 215,000 hectares of this amazing remote and protected location have been conserved through out the years because of the location of a penal colony since 1919. After the creation of Coiba Marine National Park in 1994, the prisoners were relocated until the last ones left the camps in 2003.
The marine national park holds different species of animals including a subspecies of howler monkey and central American agouti on the main island. The waters and reefs around the park contain a variety of more than 69 species of fish, and it is the largest eastern Pacific reef system.
After another delicious breakfast, we were disembarking to a beautiful secluded beach. We had a chance to explore around the shoreline by kayak, snorkel or just relax on the beach. As we went into the water, we were able to find fish species such as boxfish, bicolor parrotfish, chancho surgeon fish, Pacific spiny lobsters, and hawks billed turtles.
After another amazing lunch by the galley, we were on the search for marine life as we started our way towards the Gulf of Panama. We were lucky! We spotted hundreds of pan tropical spotted dolphins around the ship, several green Pacific turtles, rays and a Brydes whale. Not bad for our first day in Panama!
This morning we approached Isla Jicarita at the southern part of the world’s third largest marine national park of the world. The 215,000 hectares of this amazing remote and protected location have been conserved through out the years because of the location of a penal colony since 1919. After the creation of Coiba Marine National Park in 1994, the prisoners were relocated until the last ones left the camps in 2003.
The marine national park holds different species of animals including a subspecies of howler monkey and central American agouti on the main island. The waters and reefs around the park contain a variety of more than 69 species of fish, and it is the largest eastern Pacific reef system.
After another delicious breakfast, we were disembarking to a beautiful secluded beach. We had a chance to explore around the shoreline by kayak, snorkel or just relax on the beach. As we went into the water, we were able to find fish species such as boxfish, bicolor parrotfish, chancho surgeon fish, Pacific spiny lobsters, and hawks billed turtles.
After another amazing lunch by the galley, we were on the search for marine life as we started our way towards the Gulf of Panama. We were lucky! We spotted hundreds of pan tropical spotted dolphins around the ship, several green Pacific turtles, rays and a Brydes whale. Not bad for our first day in Panama!
