Península de Osa & Golfo Dulce

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Introducing Península de Osa & Golfo Dulce

It’s not uncommon to use superlatives when describing the Península de Osa and the Golfo Dulce. National Geographic famously described it as ‘the most biologically intense place on earth.’ That’s right, on earth. Residents claim it is the most picturesque, the most pristine, the most perfect spot in Costa Rica.

Certainly, indisputably, it is the most remote (which goes a long way toward explaining why the other adjectives also apply).

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Tropical rainforests of Golfo Dulce in the Corcovado National Park.
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Tropical rainforests of Golfo Dulce in the Corcovado National Park.

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  • Ralph Hopkins
  • Lonely Planet photographer
  • Panning for gold on Peninsula de Osa.
  • Beach on Pacific Ocean on west coast of Costa Rica.
  • Untouched jungle of Peninsula de Osa.
  • A Heliconiid Butterfly (Philaethria dido at Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.
  • A local boy drinks coconut milk.
  • Hiking along the Pacific coast in the Corcovado National Park.
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