Osa Peninsula & Corcovado National Park
After spending our night in Drake Bay close to the Agujitas River, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise with deep yellows, reds and oranges, as we did stretching on the sundeck. Our whole day was spent in the Osa Peninsula, the most intense biological place in the world… As we landed in Punta Caletas, we spotted a couple of scarlet macaws welcoming us into their realm. Caletas is owned by a Costa Rican known as Ban Ban, who has lived in this area all of his life, and he decided to protect his land as a wildlife refuge which acts as a buffer zone to the famous Corcovado National Park.
This morning we decided to visit him and do a few things in the area: horseback riding, taking a long walk through his well kept trail or taking a birding oriented stroll. We all were satisfied. Monkeys, birds, lizards and even a sloth were spotted in the various options. At this same spot, the galley prepared us a fantastic BBQ lunch!
After lunch, we went back on board to reposition our ship a little further south to the famous Corcovado National Park. Costa Rica’s own Amazon forest, is the largest stronghold of the Pacific coastline primary forest, which has been all but destroyed from Mexico to South America. We disembarked at San Pedrillo Ranger’s Station – one of the five – and had to decide between three options: the long ridge walk, the waterfall walk, and the flatter walk parallel to the beach. Of all the places we have visited, Corcovado has a special feel, this place is lush, green, and even ethereal. One remembers what life is all about as one roams through the dark and hardly at all lit trails, as one sees the tall thin green trees and the dense foliage, one remembers how things can be basically all natural… After our phenomenal day in this park, we cruised down south to our next spot: Golfo Dulce – the Sweet Gulf.
