Check! Check! Check!... we can learn a lot about Corcovado National Park!

At OSA WILD we have created a new tool for our clients to learn and remember what we have seen and learned from on our overnight tours.

The idea started when some of our clients gathered together at night at the Sirena station with our local guides to remember all the different animals we have seen during our hikes. Some birdwatchers are very serious about checking their list, so we now can please you all to have the necessary information and start checking! 

I have seen it all; people who forgot their list at the hotel, the ones that soak it when we did the river crossing, and others that are not very interest on it… but we have also the ones that are extremely interested and they take it along every hike to mark down every new thing we can see at Sirena Biological Station.

Corcovado National Park protects about a third of the Osa Peninsula. It is widely considered the crown jewel in the extensive system of national parks and biological reserves spread across the country.

The ecological variety is quite stunning. National Geographic has called it "the most biologically intense place on Earth in terms of biodiversity”. The park conserves the largest primary forest on the American Pacific coastline and one of the few remaining sizable areas of lowland tropical rainforests in the world. 

The abundance in wildlife can in part be explained by the variety of vegetation types, at least 13, including montane forest (more than half the park), cloud forest, jolillo forest (palm swamp), prairie forest, alluvial plains forest, swamp forest, freshwater herbaceous swamp and mangrove, together holding over 800 tree species.

A beautiful Aracari, Fiery-billed, you could get the 
chance to check out of the check list!            

Another reason for the diversity (as with all of Costa Rica) is that it lies on a north-south corridor for flora and fauna; part of the "land bridge" and wildlife corridor that links the large continents of North America and South America.

Corcovado contains 50% of the mammal population that we find in the entire country, and we have more than 450 species of birds. Even though we cannot write it all down in our checklist, I have to say that it is really exciting to see how our clients are eager to find new species to check.

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.

Parque Nacional Corcovado / Corcovado National Park

El Parque Nacional Corcovado posee una extención de 42.469 hectáreas, en donde se observa la última porción del Bosque Tropical Húmedo del Pacífico Mesoamericano.

Su ubicación, sus características climáticas, la caprichosa condición de sus suelos y su topografía, hacen de este sitio el hogar de una asombrosa diversidad de habitats y especies biológicas.
Alberga una flora que suma miles de especies, muchas de las cuales tienen una distribución restringida y que han desaparecido ya en otras regiones, como el ajo, el ojoche y el cedro caracolito.

La fauna de corcovado sobresale también por sus especies, muchas de ellas en peligro de extinción como la lapa roja, el chancho de monte, la danta, cinco especies de felinos, entre ellos el jaguar, osos hormigueros, perezosos y cuatro especies de primates.

El Parque tiene varios senderos cortos y de recorridos largos que une sus tres estaciones de guarda parques: Estación La Leona, Estación Sirena y Estación San Pedrillo.



Within Corcovado National Park's 42.469 hectares, the last tropical humid rainforest of the Mesoamerican Pacific is conserved.

Its location, climatic conditions, topography and ever-changing ground level work together to provide an amazing diversity of habitats. As a result, there exist an incredible amount of biological species.

Thousand of species of flowers may be found. Many of these are extremely rare. Some, like ajo, ojoche and cedro caracolito, are so rare that they are extinct in others regions.

Among the fauna of the park are such endangered species suc as the scarlet macaw, peccary, ant eater, sloths, four differents species of primates, and five species of cats including the jaguar.
A variety of short and longer trails, are available for both day hikers and backpackers. There are four ranher stations: La Leona, Sirena, Los Patos and San Pedrillo for informations and overnight trips.

Mapa Parque Nacional Corcovado

Corcovado National Park Map