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Corcovado National Park

Costa Rica Puntarenas Osa

Corcovado National Park
Photo: Julio-César Chávez, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the most biologically intense places on earth, on the remote Osa Peninsula, with tapirs, all four Costa Rican monkey species, scarlet macaws and even jaguars. Stay at the Sirena ranger station for the best wildlife.


A licensed guide is required. Reach it from Drake Bay or Puerto Jiménez.

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