Back in January when my parents were visiting we took a road trip all the way south to
Osa Peninsula. Four adults, three kids and two cars. We had to leave our dog at home: 1) he would not be allowed to enter
Corcovado national park, 2) it was over an eight hour drive, 3) he had tick fever.
On our way down south we crossed Rio Tarcoles full of crocs.
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| Rio Tarcoles |
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| He messed with the wrong guy. |
We spent one night in Manuel Antonio, but did not visit the national park there. Continued our way south, passing beautiful scenery, oil palm plantations. Humid, hot, rainy.
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| Golfo Dulce and northern Panama in the background. |
After crossing several rivers by car we arrived at
Bahia Drake.
Amazing flora and fauna.
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| Snowy egret |
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| Great Egret |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Cacao |
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| Ylang-ylang |
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| Scarlet Macaws |
The next day we went to a beach south of Bahia Drake, driving across rivers again. There was nobody else there.
Except for our boys not fearing the huge waves at all.
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| Chestnut-mandible toucan |
Luckily we were able to get a pass to Corcovado for the next day. We hadn't made any reservations and only about 60 people are allowed to enter daily. We left early in the morning and it took us 1.5 hour by boat to get close to Sirena ranger station. Kilometer after kilometer of deserted palm tree lined sand beaches pounded by massive waves.
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| The airstrip at Sirena. |
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| Black-throated Trogon |
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| Scarlet Macaws |
We had to cross the river while looking for tapirs. The same river in which we spotted crocodiles.
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| Golden Orb Spider |
The Golden Orb Spider makes an amazingly strong web. Our guide took an empty web and rolled it in to a string. We could not break the string!
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| Spider monkey |
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| Green iguana doing his daily stretching. |
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| Great Curassow |
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| Tiger ants |
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| Boys looking for bull sharks |
Unfortunately we missed all the big mammals: tapirs, pecaries, sloths. Maybe our own howler monkeys scared them away.
On the way back through the rough seas we spotted brown boobies.
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| Brown boobie |
Not every boy gets to spend his 9th birthday in Corcovado.
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