On our second day of expedition in Costa Rican waters, after visiting the Golfo Dulce yesterday, National Geographic Sea Lion repositioned at night and while we slept toward the outer side of the Osa Peninsula.
This morning as the anchor dropped, we awoke in the magnificent Corcovado National Park for our activities today.
Corcovado National Park is truly one of the crown jewels of the vast National Parks system of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a tiny country with a good reputation for democracy, stability, and care for the environment. Costa Ricans take the protection of their natural inheritance very seriously.
A sizable percentage of its territory (over 28%) has been protected either privately or by the government. Corocovado is one of the biggest national parks of the country, and it has a huge diversity of flora and fauna.
In the morning we visited the buffer zone of Caletas, walking inside the tropical rainforest and its adjacent coastline, where we had great views of the spectacular, colorful, and noisy scarlet macaws and acrobatic spider monkeys.
After our walks, the galley brought ashore a delicious lunch by the ocean for us.
After lunch upon our return, National Geographic Sea Lion repositioned again to the front of the San Pedrillo sector of Corcovado National Park, where we could walk and experience again the pristine tropical rainforest and visit the beautiful San Pedrillo waterfall. During our walk we had a chance to swim in a pool by one of the waterfalls to cool down…Truly a very enjoyable experience and a perfect ending for a perfect day.
We spent our night anchored at the calm waters of Drakes Bay, watching fishing bats fly around our ship and dreaming of what awaits for us tomorrow at Manuel Antonio National Park.
