The Osa Peninsula in south-western Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse places on earth with 2.5% of the earth’s species in an area less than 0.001% of the planet.
The lodge we stayed in at the end of the peninsula was founded in 1991 and opened in 1993 on 1,000 acres of rain forest. The land was originally over 80% primary forest with the rest being farmland. The farmland was left to recover and is now natural secondary forest. The lodge became the first privately owned property in Central America to be legally protected, by the owners, in perpetuity to maintain its eco status.
The lodge has resident specialist guides who lead a variety of hikes in the grounds and nearby forests and beaches. We opted for a couple of hikes as well as the “early birds” walk, night walks and “medicine hike”. The guides were very knowledgeable and personable and pointed out numerous animals that we would not have seen ourselves. Mostly this enhanced our knowledge but in the case of a venomous snake on the track, it helped prevent adding a hospital stay to our itinerary!
We were also able to see and hear a huge amount from the lodge itself. This included howler monkeys at 5.30am !
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