Caño Island
In the Southern Pacific area, one can choose from among marine activities such as whale, and dolphin watching, exploring mangrove swamps, or diving at Caño Island. Lovers of hiking and mountain scenery may pick up the biggest gauntlet of all climbing Mount Chirripó, the country's highest peak. For naturalists, Osa Peninsula, the Térraba-Sierpe Wetlands, Ballena Marine National Park, and Corcovado National Park provide glorious, examples of tropical forest and mangrove ecosystems.
The region is also home to the La Amistad International Park, declared by UNESCO a World Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site because of its enormous natural mid cultural wealth. It boasts a broad network of trails, and its organized communities will help you to explore the various ecosystems, which include humid forest, rain forest, cloud forest, and paramo. Ancestral cultures also display their rich diversity in this region, home to several indigenous territories mainly of the Ngöbe and Guaymi ethnic groups.
If you care about respectful ethnic tourism managed by organized indigenous communities themselves, you will be able to experience an ancestral way of life that fights to conserve its essence in spite of the many changes so called progress has brought about. Ideal for those who want to get off the beaten track and enjoy pristine nature, as far away as it is possible to get from the many stresses of city life, the Southern Pacific is your destination In Costa Rica.
Ecotourism and Nature 
