Osa Peninsula

Costa Rica · peninsula

Centred on 8.550°, -83.500°.

Likely encounters

Tapirus bairdii

Ancient forest engineer; patience is the only technique.

Morpho helenor

Electric blue flashes down forest paths, impossible to photograph in flight.

Iguana iguana

Basking in the crowns of trees along slow rivers.

Panthera onca

Tracks along the beach at Corcovado; the animal itself is a gift.

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Improbable bill, croaking calls above the canopy.

Panthera pardus

Cryptic, solitary, and everywhere, if you know where to look.