Osa Peninsula, Marenco & Cocovado National Park
Today was our sixth voyage day, though it seems like yesterday we were just getting on board the ship, but you know what they say, “time flies when you are having fun”.
This morning was no exception. We were able to explore one of the most untouched wildernesses in Costa Rica, the Osa Peninsula. It is literally a tropical rain forest where you can hike 100 steps into the trail and be face to face with a jaguar or hike for several days without seeing much in your way, that’s how vast this rain forest is. But it is also like this because it is one of the most difficult places to access and explore, there are no roads that you can take to get here, and no major airports to land, so the only way to get here is by boat or hiking your way here.
So this morning we took advantage of being on a ship and went to explore a research station in this area called Marenco. We sorted ourselves out into different hikes and found white throated capuchin monkeys, white nosed coatis, scarlet macaws, fiery billed aracarie toucans, manakins, trogons amount many other tropical animals.
After our morning hike we repositioned in order to explore Corcovado National Park, one of the most diverse parks of the country and just as a bonus during our repositioning we had a glimpse of a humpback whale.
At Corcovado we had the chance to see one of the most pristine tropical forests in this region as well as some more tropical birds. We had some views of the elusive spider monkeys and of an impressive water fall that came right out of the forest into a creek that served as a refreshing swimming hole for some of us. Not at bad day at all.
Today was our sixth voyage day, though it seems like yesterday we were just getting on board the ship, but you know what they say, “time flies when you are having fun”.
This morning was no exception. We were able to explore one of the most untouched wildernesses in Costa Rica, the Osa Peninsula. It is literally a tropical rain forest where you can hike 100 steps into the trail and be face to face with a jaguar or hike for several days without seeing much in your way, that’s how vast this rain forest is. But it is also like this because it is one of the most difficult places to access and explore, there are no roads that you can take to get here, and no major airports to land, so the only way to get here is by boat or hiking your way here.
So this morning we took advantage of being on a ship and went to explore a research station in this area called Marenco. We sorted ourselves out into different hikes and found white throated capuchin monkeys, white nosed coatis, scarlet macaws, fiery billed aracarie toucans, manakins, trogons amount many other tropical animals.
After our morning hike we repositioned in order to explore Corcovado National Park, one of the most diverse parks of the country and just as a bonus during our repositioning we had a glimpse of a humpback whale.
At Corcovado we had the chance to see one of the most pristine tropical forests in this region as well as some more tropical birds. We had some views of the elusive spider monkeys and of an impressive water fall that came right out of the forest into a creek that served as a refreshing swimming hole for some of us. Not at bad day at all.
