Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Overnight the ship had repositioned south, and we awoke to the sight of the sun rising over the hilltop of the Osa Peninsula on the south Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Corcovado National Park is located here, the most remote and wildest area of the country. After breakfast, shuttles started ashore at 8:00 am, with several options available…short hike, long hike or medium hike, or relaxing on the beach.
Everyone was rewarded with great sightings of scarlet macaws feeding in beach almond trees by the shore. Some of us saw a three-toed sloth, others a coatimundi. The group that did the long hike in the rain forest were happy to find three different kinds of monkeys, including the elusive spider monkeys, and interesting plants such as strangler figs and long, woody vines reaching up to the canopy.
We moved a short distance to the north for swimming, snorkeling, or a post-lunch siesta in a hammock tied between coconut palms. In the late afternoon we headed out to sea in search of marine mammals and to enjoy sunset before heading towards Golfo Dulce, our last destination in Costa Rica. We were not disappointed; in fact we had not been at sea very long before we had a sighting of dolphins jumping out of the water while swimming in the wake of the ship.
Overnight the ship had repositioned south, and we awoke to the sight of the sun rising over the hilltop of the Osa Peninsula on the south Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Corcovado National Park is located here, the most remote and wildest area of the country. After breakfast, shuttles started ashore at 8:00 am, with several options available…short hike, long hike or medium hike, or relaxing on the beach.
Everyone was rewarded with great sightings of scarlet macaws feeding in beach almond trees by the shore. Some of us saw a three-toed sloth, others a coatimundi. The group that did the long hike in the rain forest were happy to find three different kinds of monkeys, including the elusive spider monkeys, and interesting plants such as strangler figs and long, woody vines reaching up to the canopy.
We moved a short distance to the north for swimming, snorkeling, or a post-lunch siesta in a hammock tied between coconut palms. In the late afternoon we headed out to sea in search of marine mammals and to enjoy sunset before heading towards Golfo Dulce, our last destination in Costa Rica. We were not disappointed; in fact we had not been at sea very long before we had a sighting of dolphins jumping out of the water while swimming in the wake of the ship.
