CORCOVADO NATIONAL PARK

    Corcovado is the last significant virgin rain forest in Central America. It is populated by a who's who of endangered species, including the puma, tapir, poison dart frogs, crocodile and jaguar. One fifth of the visitors to the park are researchers studying the ecosystem.
     A montane forest covers more than half the park. The highest regions of the park are cloud forest, richly populated by oaks and tree ferns. At lower elevations are swamp forests, flooded year round; a holillo forest, covered predominated with palm trees; a mangrove swamp, located on the estuaries of the Llorona, Corcovado and Sirena Rivers; and a freshwater herbaceous swamp.
     One fourth of all the Costa Rica's tree species are found here (300 in all). Some of the larger trees include the purple heart, poponjoche, nargusta, banak, cow tree, espave and crabwood. Up to 100 species can be found growing on just 8/10th of an hectare (2 acres) of land.
     There are 140 species of mammals, 367 of birds, 117 amphibians and reptiles, 40 types of freshwater fish, and upwards of 6,000 types of insects. You can see large herds of white-lipped peccary as well as howler and spider monkeys, and squirrels. Bird species include the king vulture, white hawk, short-billed pigeon, tovi parakeet and bronze-tailed sicklebill, plus the park provides sanctuary to the largest population of scarlet macaws in the country.
     This park helps the investigation and scientific studies and allows the environment education.

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Hotels: Platinum: Casa Corcovado
             Gold: Crocodile Bay Lodge