OSA WILD TEAM: working together to support the community through tourism

Meet the OSA WILD TEAM!

We are a group of passionate workers and believers of sustainable development in rural communities such as the Osa Peninsula.

OSA WILD TEAM in front of a Ceiba tree (Ceiba pentandra) one of the tallest trees found in the southern tip of Costa Rica, sacred tree for Mayas and other indigenous cultures who believed that their ancestors' spirits inhabited the treetop.

Starting with Ifigenia Garita (standing in the middle of the tree with Jessica on her shoulders), tropical biologist and conservationist who founded with love this small business based on the idea of providing alternatives to the community through tourism and who at the same time believes we can all save the pristine lowland tropical rainforest throughout education.

 To the right, you can meet Luis Daniel Montero, a young and enthusiastic software engineer who started studying biology after meeting our boss and new wife Ifi, while he was volunteering at Corcovado National Park. Today, he's our assistant manager and a very important part of our team.

Certificate of Sustainable Tourism
 Highest level 

On the other side we can find Verónica Flores, our sustainability coordinator and a jewel of our business. She and Jessica did great efforts for achieving the highest level of the Certification for Sustainable Tourism - CST - for our office. Vero is an Environmental Health professional and a passionate social worker.

Finally, our most recent member of the team, Jessica Fonseca, a girl from Naranjo who fell in love with the region when working with sustainability. Jessica (on top of Ifi’s shoulders) has wrap up in a perfect way, the unity and love that we all have for the people of this region.

Luis Daniel is great at imitating
the Spider Monkey's call

As we all are nature lovers, we also guide tours around Corcovado National Park and other areas of the Osa Peninsula. We enjoy to walk in the tropical rainforest and explaining about its ecosystem while looking for interesting animals that live in this habitat.


At Osa Wild we all work constantly to make sure that by helping the community develop in a sustainable way, we will ensure the protection of Osa's beautiful forests! If you want to help us in our mission, please contact us at osawild@gmail.com

A Puma concolor relaxing at La Leona beach

Salsipuedes beach, Corcovado National Park

Article by: Ifigenia Garita C.

Península de Osa y Golfo Dulce

La extensa Península de Osa, solo sobrepasada en tamaño por la de Nicoya, constituye la mayor área de Bosque Tropical Lluvioso en el Pacífico, desde México hasta el Darién en Panamá. En él existen muchas especies endémicas, especialmente plantas e insectos y alberga poblaciones de especies extintas amenazadas en el resto de su ámbito de distribución, y que sin embargo aquí son biológicamente viables. El jaguar, el puma, el ocelote, el tapir, el mono colorado y el mono ardilla, la lapa roja, el pavón y la pava cretada son algunos ejemplos de ellas.
En cuanto a su ecosistema acuático, el Golfo Dulce es muy peculiar debido a sus características geomorfológicas similares a los fiordos de latitudes altas. Es el único en las costas americanas y uno de los cuatro existentes en todo el mundo. Su zona interna alcanza los 200 metros de profundidad. En él habitas dos especies de delfines y es visitado por grandes cetáceos como las ballenas jorobadas cada año cuando realizan su migración para reproducirsen.

The Osa Peninsula, which is only surpassed in size by the Nicoya Peninsula, holds the largest area of tropical rainforest in one place on the Pacific Coast from Mexico to the Darién region of Panamá.

As a result of this, it is home to many endemic species, especially plants and insects. It is also know to still support populations of animal species that are extinct or endangered in other parts of the world. The jaguar, the mountain lion or puma, the tapir, the ocelot, the squirrel monkey and spider monkey, the scarlett macaw, the crested guan, and the great curassow are all examples of these.

Equally as spectacular as the Osa peninsula is its neighbor, the Golfo Dulce. The Golfo Dulce is very similar to fijords found in high latitude regions. Because it is one of only three such geological features found in the tropics of the world, it is of great interest to science.

Reaching depths of over six hundred feet, the waters of the gulf are perfect for humpback whales, who are seasonal visitors. Sea turtles line beachs with their offsprign and two types of dolphin, the bottle nose and spotted, may be seen every day.