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Humedal Terraba-Sierpe
Near the sea, the Terraba and the Sierpe Rivers form a network of channels and islets of great scenic beauty, composed mainly of thick mangrove swamps. This area protects a large number of birds, snakes and mammals that can be easily seen thanks to the navigable channels.

 

Isla del Caño
Caño Island is located 16.5 km off the western coast of Osa Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. The waters surrounding the island are perfect for snorkeling and teem with many species of fish. Some marine mammals that can be seen around the island include the common dolphin, bottle nosed dolphin and the humpback whale.
The existence of stone spheres, tombs with stone statues, golden votive offerings and ceramics suggest that the island was used as a cemetery for important persons during the Precolumbian period.

 

Parque Nacional Corcovado
National Geographic has called it "the most biologically intense place on Earth". It ranges over the western sector of the Osa Peninsula and protects many different habitats such as shallow lagoons, marshes, mangrove swamps, rivers, rainforest, low altitude cloud forest and sandy coasts. They provide shelter to many endangered species, like the jaguar, the tapir, ocelot, giant anteater and the scarlet macaw among others.

 

Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas
Piedras Blancas National Park protects one of the few lowland rainforests left in Costa Rica as well as the Esquinas River basin. Piedras Blancas Nationalpark was created thanks to the common efforts of the Austrian people and the Costarican Government. Thanks to generous donations of the Austrian population to the project "Rainforest of the Austrians', it has been possible to buy large areas of rainforest, that can now be preserved for the world.

 

Parque Internacional La Amistad
This park is the largest wilderness area in Costa Rica. It covers almost 200,000 hectares of paramo, rainforests asnd cloud forests. The park protects a wealth of flora and fauna and also the upper and middle watersheds of extremely important rivers. The wildlife is very rich and provides shelter for many endangered species such as the jaguar or the tapir. La Amistad International Park has its counterpart in Panama and forms part of the Amistad Biosphere Reserve which also includes Chiripó National Park, Las Tablas, Hitoy Cerere and 5 Indian reserves.