Corcovado National Park, Peninsula de Osa
Today we visited Corcovado National Park, one of the crown jewels of the National Park System of Costa Rica. Within its 108,022 remotely located acres, the park encompasses a variety of unique habitats ranging from mountain tropical forests to swamplands, all fed by tremendous rainfall. This is not only one of the most diverse parks in the region, but also, by far, one of the most pristine in Central America. This morning we had a chance to walk through this primordial forest.
Wow! What a morning we had! We not only got to see an amazing primary tropical rain forest with all of its magic, we also got a chance to walk to a beautiful waterfall and swim in a pool in the river. Just in case that wasn’t good enough, we got to see monkeys of three kinds: howlers, white-throated capuchins and spider monkeys. And that wasn’t all. We also saw trogons, manakins, macaws, and curassows.
After the morning, the ship repositioned to a beautiful beach surrounded by forest where we had a barbeque lunch and some time to rest and reflect in hammocks, chairs, or on the beach. For those of us interested in some more action, we took a long hike trough the forest, a short birding hike, horse back riding and even a group of white-throated capuchin monkeys that decided to join us for a rest on the beach.
Today we visited Corcovado National Park, one of the crown jewels of the National Park System of Costa Rica. Within its 108,022 remotely located acres, the park encompasses a variety of unique habitats ranging from mountain tropical forests to swamplands, all fed by tremendous rainfall. This is not only one of the most diverse parks in the region, but also, by far, one of the most pristine in Central America. This morning we had a chance to walk through this primordial forest.
Wow! What a morning we had! We not only got to see an amazing primary tropical rain forest with all of its magic, we also got a chance to walk to a beautiful waterfall and swim in a pool in the river. Just in case that wasn’t good enough, we got to see monkeys of three kinds: howlers, white-throated capuchins and spider monkeys. And that wasn’t all. We also saw trogons, manakins, macaws, and curassows.
After the morning, the ship repositioned to a beautiful beach surrounded by forest where we had a barbeque lunch and some time to rest and reflect in hammocks, chairs, or on the beach. For those of us interested in some more action, we took a long hike trough the forest, a short birding hike, horse back riding and even a group of white-throated capuchin monkeys that decided to join us for a rest on the beach.
