Corcovado National Park

The Corcovado National Park is located in the western part of the Osa Peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica. He is one of the best preserved rainforests of Costa Rica. It was declared a National Park in 1975 and is approximately 41 788 hectares.

Flora and Fauna

The Corcovado National Park offers thirteen different ecosystems. The mainly covered by dense lowland rain forest, prämontanem mountain rain forest and mangrove area is home to a large number of animal and plant species that can be seen nowhere else in the world: There are more than 500 different species of trees, about 140 represented mammal species and 370 bird species, still more than 150 species of orchids, 120 species of reptiles and amphibians and more than 6000 species of insects.

History

Due to its remoteness, the rainforest remained untouched until the 1960s of people. A few years later, however, led to a gold discovery that several hundred gold-seekers invaded the forest. Sanctioned their activities that rivers began to silt up and the forest was damaged. Therefore, the gold seekers were expelled in 1986 from the park. This action was led by the then President Daniel Oduber Quirós in the way, who got awarded for it in 1977, the Albert Schweizer Award from the Animal Welfare Institute.

Infrastructure

The town of Puerto Jimenez is the starting point for walks in the National Park, the park administration is located here. The main ranger stations within the park are Los Patos on the northern Gulf, San Pedrillo in the south of Drake Bay and La Sirena, the largest station on the southern Pacific coast and La Leona at the southern entrance to the park.

The road network within the Corcovado is well developed, trails lead from Los Patos to La Sirena, La Sirena to La Leona from and La Sirena to San Pedrillo. The Trail of La Sirena to San Pedrillo occasionally needs to be locked.