Osa Peninsula
Located in the southeastern part of Costa Rica, the Osa Peninsula is a key region for the protection of species in forested areas and the marine belt of the eastern Pacific. Within this 395,000 acres of land, the Osa Peninsula possesses almost two percent of the world’s diversity. The land and marine zones are included among the top 25 major concentrations of biological diversity in the world.
The morning started with a great visit to a private reserve known as Caletas. This privately-owned area serves as a biological corridor and buffer zone for the main government park, Corcovado. Our guests had the chance to hike or go on horseback through a web of interconnecting trails. The coastal forest and the secondary and primary forest provided some possibilities to see leaf-litter frogs, chestnut-mandible toucans, scarlet macaws, and white-faced capuchin monkeys, among others.
By noon when the temperatures reached around 88 degrees F, a refreshing swim in the ocean and a BBQ lunch reanimated our spirits to continue to our next destination: Corcovado National Park
Once we arrived to the station of San Pedrillo, a troop of mantled howler monkeys announced their presence with their vigorous calls even audible from a kilometer away.
Two different walks leading to a waterfall and to the forest trail of Rio Pargo provided other encounters with nature. This time the forest came alive with the Central American spider monkeys, white-nosed coatis, American crocodiles and even small dwellers like golden-crowned spadebills, black-throated trogons and a mixed flock of antbirds and antshrikes.
Understanding the dynamic of the forest always leaves a variety of feelings and emotions. Discovering the mystery and secrecy of the Osa Peninsula left us all with remarkable moments to remember.
Located in the southeastern part of Costa Rica, the Osa Peninsula is a key region for the protection of species in forested areas and the marine belt of the eastern Pacific. Within this 395,000 acres of land, the Osa Peninsula possesses almost two percent of the world’s diversity. The land and marine zones are included among the top 25 major concentrations of biological diversity in the world.
The morning started with a great visit to a private reserve known as Caletas. This privately-owned area serves as a biological corridor and buffer zone for the main government park, Corcovado. Our guests had the chance to hike or go on horseback through a web of interconnecting trails. The coastal forest and the secondary and primary forest provided some possibilities to see leaf-litter frogs, chestnut-mandible toucans, scarlet macaws, and white-faced capuchin monkeys, among others.
By noon when the temperatures reached around 88 degrees F, a refreshing swim in the ocean and a BBQ lunch reanimated our spirits to continue to our next destination: Corcovado National Park
Once we arrived to the station of San Pedrillo, a troop of mantled howler monkeys announced their presence with their vigorous calls even audible from a kilometer away.
Two different walks leading to a waterfall and to the forest trail of Rio Pargo provided other encounters with nature. This time the forest came alive with the Central American spider monkeys, white-nosed coatis, American crocodiles and even small dwellers like golden-crowned spadebills, black-throated trogons and a mixed flock of antbirds and antshrikes.
Understanding the dynamic of the forest always leaves a variety of feelings and emotions. Discovering the mystery and secrecy of the Osa Peninsula left us all with remarkable moments to remember.
