Travels to Corcovado National Park
Today’s voyage to Corcovado’s Sirena ranger station yielded so many opportunities to see rare and exquisite animals that it even trumped yesterday’s excursion.
I saw more species during the first twenty minutes at this remote location than I did in all of the previous day; although locals have assured me that this may be attributed to plain luck.
After an hour-long boat ride from Drake Bay, our group of eight arrived at Corcovado’s Sirena headquarters. The ranger station was a half-mile walk from the beach, and within minutes we had seen a furry three-toed sloth high up …
Location: Corcovado National Park, Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula, South Pacific »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Hiking »
Our tour left at 7:00 a.m. in a covered boat aimed at San Pedrillo, the closer of the two Corcovado ranger stations most easily accessed from Drake Bay. A small wooden building partially enclosing a number of camping tents, and a few picnic tables sat on a patch of grass just off the beach.
Tony, our guide, supplied fresh beach towels and chilled waters for us to take on the first leg of the hike. He informed our party that Corcovado is thought to contain 2.5% of the earth’s animal species – much like the Amazon …
Location: Corcovado National Park, Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula, South Pacific »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Hiking, National Parks & Reserves, Waterfalls »
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 »
