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Wildlife in Corcovado National Park

Corcovado National Park

The most biologically intense place on Earth

A vast, remote wilderness of Pacific lowland rainforest, rivers, and coastline on the Osa Peninsula, protected since 1975 and home to some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet.

History

A wilderness protected since 1975

Corcovado National Park was created in 1975 to protect one of the last great expanses of Pacific lowland rainforest in Central America. It forms the core of the Osa Conservation Area, on a peninsula that National Geographic has called 'the most biologically intense place on Earth.'

The park spans rainforest, mangroves, rivers, and undeveloped coastline, home to tapirs, jaguars, scarlet macaws, all four Costa Rican monkey species, and hundreds of species found nowhere else. It is reached through a network of ranger stations that also serve as trailheads for visitors exploring the park.

Rainforest river inside Corcovado National Park

Ranger stations

Explore the park's stations

Each station is a gateway into a different part of Corcovado, with its own trails, lodging, and wildlife-watching opportunities.

Sirena Station lodging platforms in Corcovado National Park

Sirena Station

The heart of Corcovado National Park, where rainforest, rivers, and Pacific coastline meet at one of the best wildlife-watching sites in Costa Rica.

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