Travels to Cano Island
Today was going to be a cloudy day, and Aldea del Rio Tours was scheduled to take us on a boat trip to Cano Island. Despite the lack of sunlight, I had high hopes that visibility under the sea would be sufficient.
This 806 acre island is considered one of the best diving locations in the country, second only to Cocos Island to the northeast. Stone spheres and Indian graves discovered throughout Cano Island suggest that it was previously used as an ancient burial ground. Biodiversity on the island is extremely limited: a few types of …
Location: Cano Island, Osa Peninsula, South Pacific »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Boating, Scuba Diving and Snorkeling »
For the first three hours of our morning at sea, Vincent and I saw absolutely nothing but a few white boobie birds (insert dirty joke here). We were out on one of Aldea del Rio’s beautiful 27’ fishing boats, feeling sad that no whales, dolphins, or fish wanted to come out to play.
Just when I thought that the trip was going to be a complete failure, a school of spotted dolphins surfaced nearby. Immediately after they disappeared into the distance, a sphere of floating puffer fish neared the boat. Unlike typical puffers that inflate on …
Location: Cano Island, Osa Peninsula, South Pacific »
Activities: Dolphin & Whale Watching, Scuba Diving and Snorkeling, Sport Fishing »
The Osa Peninsula and nearby Golfo Dulce are unquestionably some of the best places in the world for wildlife watching. Scarlet macaws squawk over villages and loiter in the palms around soccer fields, while all four of the country’s monkey species seem to outnumber local residents. This beautiful peninsula is extremely isolated– an arduous eight to ten hour drive from the Central Valley.
It has long been my dream to visit this wilderness first-hand. I could barely contain my excitement when I discovered I would be exploring this frontier – and by plane, …
Location: Cano Island, Corcovado National Park, Drake Bay, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Pavones, Puerto Jimenez, Recent Trips, Sierpe, South Pacific »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Chocolate Tours, Dolphin & Whale Watching, National Parks & Reserves, Pacific Beaches, Scuba Diving and Snorkeling, Sport Fishing, Surfing »
