Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Early this morning we awoke anchored in one of Costa Rica’s most pristine and remote areas: Corcovado National Park located in the south west Osa Peninsula.
The first outing of our day was at the adjacent protected buffer zone of Marenco. So far we have been very pleased with the great weather, and luckily today we are still enjoying perfect weather. As we easily disembark on the beach we start directing our guests to the different options offered this morning: horseback riding, primary rain forest hiking and easy bird watching or nature walk along the coast. Some of the things we saw this morning were playful white faced capuchins, acrobatic spider monkeys, and colorful birds like the slaty-tail trogon, violaceaous trogons, and spectacular large scarlet macaws.
For the afternoon outing we reserved the main course of the day, San Pedrillo station at the Northern edge of Corcovado National Park. Some of us visited and bathed in waterfalls, and others took the adjacent trail to the beach; despite the heat we were rewarded right away by several of the local residents: long nosed coatis, a couple troops of howler monkeys, but the real show today was reserved for the end. Several spider monkeys, mothers with their young babies, were very close and careless about our presence; they were moving in the canopy right above our heads towards nearby palms bearing delicious ripe fruit. We were amazed by the acrobatic display performed by these monkeys as they made their way to the delicious orange fruits while avoiding the trunk and fronds of this palm completely covered by a dense carpet of spike-like thorns.
As a great bonus for today, it is worth mentioning the sightings of the endemic black-cheeked ant-tanager and Baird’s trogon. The word endemic refers to the fact that some species are very explicit about their distribution and only exist in a small area of the world. The two species mentioned above are not only just present in Costa Rica, but only in a specific area within the country, the Osa Peninsula.
Early this morning we awoke anchored in one of Costa Rica’s most pristine and remote areas: Corcovado National Park located in the south west Osa Peninsula.
The first outing of our day was at the adjacent protected buffer zone of Marenco. So far we have been very pleased with the great weather, and luckily today we are still enjoying perfect weather. As we easily disembark on the beach we start directing our guests to the different options offered this morning: horseback riding, primary rain forest hiking and easy bird watching or nature walk along the coast. Some of the things we saw this morning were playful white faced capuchins, acrobatic spider monkeys, and colorful birds like the slaty-tail trogon, violaceaous trogons, and spectacular large scarlet macaws.
For the afternoon outing we reserved the main course of the day, San Pedrillo station at the Northern edge of Corcovado National Park. Some of us visited and bathed in waterfalls, and others took the adjacent trail to the beach; despite the heat we were rewarded right away by several of the local residents: long nosed coatis, a couple troops of howler monkeys, but the real show today was reserved for the end. Several spider monkeys, mothers with their young babies, were very close and careless about our presence; they were moving in the canopy right above our heads towards nearby palms bearing delicious ripe fruit. We were amazed by the acrobatic display performed by these monkeys as they made their way to the delicious orange fruits while avoiding the trunk and fronds of this palm completely covered by a dense carpet of spike-like thorns.
As a great bonus for today, it is worth mentioning the sightings of the endemic black-cheeked ant-tanager and Baird’s trogon. The word endemic refers to the fact that some species are very explicit about their distribution and only exist in a small area of the world. The two species mentioned above are not only just present in Costa Rica, but only in a specific area within the country, the Osa Peninsula.
