Hiking Corcovado National Park Day Tour
- Duration: 5 Hours (approx.)
Hike through lush rain forests, howl with howler
monkeys, relax with a sloth, sing with birds, and investigate millions
of insects during your tour of Corcovado National Park in the Osa
Peninsula! Corcovado National Park is famous for holding 3% of the biodiversity on this side of the planet.
(The Corcovado National Park is one of Costa Rica’s best nature spots
for eco-tourism! The number of visitors allowed per day is regulated
and reservations fill up quickly.)
Famous for being the Amazon of Costa Rica the Corcovado National Park
is the largest stronghold of primary forest on a Pacific coastline, and
is known famous for being “the most biologically intense place on Earth”. Be
prepared for a thrilling tour as you explore some of Mother Natures
most amazing works of art. The area holds thousands of species of flora
and fauna, many unique to the area and others which have disappeared
from other regions, or are in danger of extinction. Approximately, 6,000
insects (including the 123 different butterflies discovered so far),
500 trees (a fourth of all the tree species that exist in Costa Rica),
367 birds, 140 mammals, 117 amphibian and reptiles, and 40 freshwater
fish species live here in coexistence. Immerse yourself in life’s
wonders with the BEST Costa Rica Nature Tour.
The Corcovado National Park Full Day Nature Tour departs from Punta Uvita
at 7:00 AM and arrives approximately 1 ½ hours later at San Pedrillo
Ranger Station in the Corcovado National Park. Upon arrival you will
prepare for two guided nature tour hikes along two different trails and
observe beautiful flora and fauna. Each hike takes around 2 hours.
During the hikes you will be able to see many mammals such as spider,
howler, and white-faced monkeys, sloths, coatis, raccoons, and tapirs as
well as a great variety of birds, plants, and trees with over one
hundred years of existence and in danger of extinction. After the first
hike, we serve a picnic lunch near the San Pedrillo ranger station and
then we begin the second trek. During boat transit from Punta Uvita
beach to Corcovado National Park you may observe whales, dolphins,
turtles, marine birds and fantastic views of the southern pacific Osa
coastline. The boat returns from Corcovado National park at 2.00 pm and
arrives to Punta Uvita at 4:00 p.m.
*All rates are subjected to taxes.