Coiba Island National Park
The Sea Voyager dropped anchor in front of Coiba National Park when the sun was giving its first rays. This park has been protected by law since 2004. It covers an extension of 272,000 hectares in which only 50,000 hectares are main land and the rest is marine. Coiba is the largest island on the Pacific Coast of the Americas and encloses a few endemic species including the Coiba’s howler monkey, agouti as well as some colorful species of birds such as the crimson backed tanager, red legged honeycreepers and emerald gardener which were seen by those who went on the different activities that included a bird walk around the station and a sea kayaking trip to the mangroves. Then everybody got together by the ranger station to a satisfying barbeque meal prepared by the galley.
In the afternoon our expedition continued to explore a paradisiacal island called Granito de Oro which offered the opportunity to do the best snorkeling of the trip in the waters of what is today part of the 3rd largest marine park in the world; it has incorporated 4 very important sites that involve 3 countries in a marine conservation project: Ecuador with Galápagos Island, Costa Rica with Coco’s and Caño Island and Panama with the magnificent coral reefs of Coiba National Park.
This was our last stop in Panama, just before our next exploration in Costa Rica.
The Sea Voyager dropped anchor in front of Coiba National Park when the sun was giving its first rays. This park has been protected by law since 2004. It covers an extension of 272,000 hectares in which only 50,000 hectares are main land and the rest is marine. Coiba is the largest island on the Pacific Coast of the Americas and encloses a few endemic species including the Coiba’s howler monkey, agouti as well as some colorful species of birds such as the crimson backed tanager, red legged honeycreepers and emerald gardener which were seen by those who went on the different activities that included a bird walk around the station and a sea kayaking trip to the mangroves. Then everybody got together by the ranger station to a satisfying barbeque meal prepared by the galley.
In the afternoon our expedition continued to explore a paradisiacal island called Granito de Oro which offered the opportunity to do the best snorkeling of the trip in the waters of what is today part of the 3rd largest marine park in the world; it has incorporated 4 very important sites that involve 3 countries in a marine conservation project: Ecuador with Galápagos Island, Costa Rica with Coco’s and Caño Island and Panama with the magnificent coral reefs of Coiba National Park.
This was our last stop in Panama, just before our next exploration in Costa Rica.
