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Company Contacts
Florida
Office
21 Old Kings Road North
Suite B-212
Palm Coast, FL 32137
phn: (386) 449-0059
fax : (386)
449-0060
Costa
Rica Office
Sabana Sur
Costa Rica
phn: 011-506-2296-9948
fax : 011-506-2220-3493
Toll-Free
1-800-783-7839
tours@sunnylandtours.com
Sunny Land Tours, Inc.
where responsible tourism meets exotic
adventure
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Located in the southwest corner of Costa Rica,
the Osa Peninsula encompasses lush primary rain forests and a
complex system of freshwater and marine resources.
Jutting out into the Pacific Ocean, the remote Osa peninsula
region also includes the Piedras Blancas National Park and off
the southwestern coast, the Isla del Caño Biological
Reserve.
With an assisted land
acquisition of 86,485 acres in 1975, The Nature Conservancy
helped the Costa Rican government create the more than 100,000
acre Corcovado National Park on the western part of the
peninsula.
This area
hosts a rich array of fauna including: Jaguar, Central
American squirrel monkey,
Baird's tapir, Three species of
sea turtles (olive ridley, Pacific green, and
leatherback). More than 375 bird species are also found
on the Osa Peninsula including the country's largest
population of the threatened scarlet macaw. Osa is also
home to the harpy eagle and the yellow-billed
cotinga.
A fourth of Costa Rica's
tree species, are found on the Osa Peninsula, including the
newly discovered genus, Ruptiliocarpon
(Lepidobotryaceae). Also, the Osa Peninsula supports
more than 4000-5000 vascular plant species, many of which are
endemic.
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