Costa Rica
When
Dec to April
Price
From 3 600€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
6 nights
Ideal length
The Osa Peninsula, in Costa Rica's remote south, is home to Corcovado National Park, nicknamed by National Geographic magazine "the most biologically intense place on Earth." Far from the country's usual tourist circuits, the peninsula remains one of Central America's last refuges for jaguars, Baird's tapirs, and scarlet macaws, accessible only by light aircraft or an unpaved road.
Corcovado protects the largest expanse of intact lowland rainforest remaining on Central America's Pacific coast. Guided hikes, mandatory within the park, allow visitors to observe the country's four monkey species, Baird's tapirs bathing in rivers, and, with a lot of luck, the fresh tracks of a jaguar, a predator whose population has stabilised thanks to decades of strict protection.
A boat excursion to Caño Island, a protected biological reserve surrounded by coral reefs, allows sightings of sea turtles, rays, and occasionally passing whale sharks. The wild beaches lining the peninsula, almost always deserted, offer a striking contrast to the more crowded resort towns elsewhere in the country.
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Lapa Rios Lodge
A lodge of bungalows within a private reserve overlooking the ocean, architecture open to the jungle, resident naturalist guides.
Corcovado Wilderness Lodge
A more rustic lodge on the immediate edge of the national park, canvas tents on wooden platforms, communal candlelit dinners.
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