Adventure on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula!
Where is the most likely place in Costa Rica you will see a jaguar? The Osa Peninsula. A humpback whale? The Osa Peninsula. Scarlet Macaw? The Osa Peninsula. Catch a trophy size Marlin or Sailfish? The Osa Peninsula. Osa means "giant anteater" and you might see one of these on one of our Ecotours here in Costa Rica's largest coastal rainforest.
Like any frontier, the Osa seems vast, stretching away into unknown places. A dark green forest covers steep hills with views of the blue ocean from the peaks and ridges reaching to over 2000 feet. Nestled into massive rivers and looming verdant slopes lies the huge Corcovado National Park as well as the Matapalo rain forest.
Golfo Dulce, the sweet gulf, bathes the East Coast of the peninsula and the open Pacific pounds the western beaches. The northwest shelters Drake Bay, the northeast holds giant mangrove forests and huge river mouths, and offshore rises lush Caño Island.
Your Crocodile Bay Resort transfer package includes your NatureAir flight from San José to the Osa Peninsula where you will be worlds away from civilization, landing at a small air strip in to be whisked away to a secluded paradise.
Even if you have ten years, don't expect to see all the life that resides in the 1000 or so species of hardwood trees. Scientists speculate that here some individual rainforest trees may even harbor their own unique insect species.
What Corcovado is to biodiversity, the waters surrounding the Osa are to Costa Rica's fishing productivity. Fish so thick it’s more like fog and you lose sight of your dive buddy right next to you. Fish so thick that the mate on the boat will most likely still be reeling in fish when you're too tired to do anything but sip and watch. Below the Osa's waves are coral reefs, rock pinnacles and rolling plateaus that humpback whales like so much they are here all year. One hundred manta rays might swim by in tight formation. Pacific white tip sharks might pass close enough to touch. Here, barracuda swim in schools the size of small clouds.
The Golfo Dulce on the Eastern shore of the Osa is the deepest tropical gulf in the world. Whale sharks coming here to give birth is just one of the mysteries revealing itself from the depths of this calm, flat-water wonderland.
The Osa is also home to one of the oldest and most mysterious indigenous cultures in Cost Rica, the sphere makers. Who made these giant granite sculptures aligned throughout the Osa is unknown.
The incredible diversity and productivity of the Osa results from the meeting of two hemispheres and two continents. A mix of currents, ocean waters and nutrient rich river waters from the highest drainage in Central America, the forested Talmanca mountains, give birth to countless fish and marine life. Countless adventures are available, to find out more call us toll free at 1-800-733-1115 or check availability online.
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