The Osa Peninsula & Corcovado

Osa Peninsula

Curving out from the south Pacific coast  like a crab claw, the Osa Peninsula is the site of Costa Rica’s most prized national park: Parque Nacional Corcovado. Named “the most biologically-intense place on earth” by National Geographic, over half of all species living in Costa Rica can be found here.

Residents include:

• Harpy Eagles
• Baird’s Tapirs
• Jaguars
• Two-toed and Three-toed Sloths
• Scarlet Macaws
• All four Costa Rican monkey species

Corcovado’s 105,000 acres contain at least eight biomes, including the largest primary forest in the American Pacific and one of the world’s last remaining lowland tropical rainforests. Registered visitors can hike either an inland trail or a coastal track. These routes are best seen with the aid of a naturalist guide.

Osa is a rainforest region; rain is to be expected.

The best time to visit is between January and April, when rains are less frequent, and roads are in better condition.

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Getting There

Travel to the Osa is easiest by air; airfields in Puerto Jimenez and Drake Bay receive regional flights from San Jose. LANDED can cut travel time with other Costa Rican destinations with private charter flights.

For domestic flights within Costa Rica, you will most likely be traveling on a small aircraft which imposes weight restrictions on luggage, typically 25 pounds per person.

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