Costa Rica Trip Report – Hiking in Corcovado National Park
Corcovado National Park is the largest of Costa Rica’s national parks at about 425 km2 in size. Corcovado boasts eight different life zones with a preponderance of tropical wet forests,…
New Suspension Bridge Enhances Guest Experience at El Remanso Lodge
El Remanso in the heart of the Osa Peninsula remains one of our favorite lodges in Costa Rica (as well as elsewhere). The lodge is situated in a rainforest reserve and…
Birding Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula
Even though Costa Rica is a small country, its biodiversity is impressive. Only the size of the state of West Virginia, Costa Rica provides habitat for approximately 4% of the…
Costa Rica Monkeys
Did you know that Costa Rica is home to four species of monkeys and that all of them can be found in the Osa Peninsula? These New World monkeys include…
5 Days in the Osa Peninsula, 5 Favorite Things
Day 1: Spending the morning with WIDECAST's "In the Water" sea turtle project in Golfo Dulce. Day 2: Waterfall rappelling at El Remanso Lodge. Day 3: Having the beach all…
Good news: Costa Rica’s El Remanso Lodge receives highest rating in the Certification for Sustainable Tourism!
We love to share good news, especially when it involves our friends at El Remanso Lodge in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. El Remanso was recently awarded “Level…
Cats’ Obsession
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the success of Calvin Klein's 'Obsession' cologne and its ability to lure big cats. 'Zoos have long spritzed perfumes…
Trip Report: El Remanso Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica (December 2009)
National Geographic Magazine labeled Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula 'one of the most biologically intense places on Earth'. Costa Rica as a whole has "wow" factor, but the Osa, on the…
Birding at El Remanso Lodge (Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica)
Bird Checklist at El Remanso Lodge (December 18-23, 2009) This is a species checklist of birds seen during a five night stay at El Remanso Lodge in the Osa Peninsula…
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: Romance in the Tropics
Beach in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica In honor of Valentine’s Day this week, Travel and Leisure posted their Top 20 List of Waterfront Romantic Getaways. Reefs to Rockies agrees…