Corcovado Rainforest Tour

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Corcovado National Park is the largest and most intact lowland pacific rainforest in all of Central America.  It is my favorite place in all of Costa Rica.  It is one of the few places left that the rainforest comes right up the the beach.  This area, which is located near Panama, on the Osa Peninsula is the most undeveloped part of the country, but in recent years has become more popular and is now in danger of over development.  Just to put things in perspective, Corcovado is roughly half the size of New York City, and is home to 2.5% of all the species known in the world and probably many more not yet known to science.

In the 1960s, this area was heavily logged and mined for gold, but in recent years has become part of Costa Ricas national park system.  Despite this protected status, outside factors (including the rapid developing tourism trade) now threaten the biological integrity of the forest.