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Osa Peninsula

The wildest corner of Costa Rica — Corcovado's rainforest, with tapirs, scarlet macaws and four monkey species.

Getting there

By air to Puerto Jiménez or Drake Bay, then boat or 4x4 to the lodges

Best for

Baird's tapir, scarlet macaws, four monkey species, Corcovado rainforest, white-lipped peccary

The land

Lowland tropical rainforest on a remote Pacific peninsula

Good to know

National Geographic called Corcovado the most biologically intense place on earth

What it is

The Osa Peninsula is Costa Rica at its wildest — the rainforests of Corcovado, home to tapirs, scarlet macaws and all four of the country's monkeys.

Remote and pristine, the Osa Peninsula holds Corcovado National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Its lowland rainforest shelters Baird's tapirs, scarlet macaws, all four Costa Rican monkey species, white-lipped peccaries, anteaters and, rarely, pumas — reached by boat or rugged track and explored on foot.

PhotoOsa Peninsula — wild rainforest.

The reason to come

The wild peninsula

The Osa is the country's wildest rainforest — big mammals and pristine forest.

Corcovado rainforest

Guided hikes in one of the most biodiverse parks on earth.

Tapirs & peccaries

Baird's tapirs and white-lipped peccary herds.

Macaws & monkeys

Scarlet macaws and all four Costa Rican monkey species.

Worth knowing

The most intense forest on earth

Corcovado on the Osa is, by some measures, the most biologically intense place on the planet.

PhotoA Baird's tapir in the Corcovado rainforest.

When to come — honestly

A remote rainforest.

December – April

Best

The dry season — easiest access and the best Corcovado hiking.

May – November

Good

The green season — very wet but wonderfully wild and quiet.

Year-round

Good

A year-round rainforest, wettest in the green season.

The Osa is remote and reached by small plane and boat; Corcovado hikes are demanding in heat and humidity.

Context

The wild south

The Osa is the wildest, most biodiverse region — the big-rainforest finale of a Costa Rica trip.

It crowns the longer wildlife itineraries.

We base the Osa at a rainforest lodge, with guided Corcovado hikes for the peninsula's big wildlife.

Beyond the obvious

More to Osa Peninsula.

PhotoCorcovado hike

Corcovado hike

Guided rainforest trails.

PhotoTapir tracking

Tapir tracking

Baird's tapirs in the forest.

PhotoMacaws & monkeys

Macaws & monkeys

Along the coast and trails.

Why Wild Voyager

We pack the wildlife in.

Costa Rica's habitats sit close together but each needs the right base and guide. We sequence them so you see the most — quetzals, macaws, tapirs — with no wasted miles.