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		Join us for an expedition to the rain forests of Tortuguero and Corcovado National Parks, the cloud forest of the Monteverde Reserve, and the thrill of tropical white water rafting.
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	River and Rainforest Explorer: Costa Rica Adventure Travel and Active Vacation Experts
		Corcovado National Park covers 136,347 acres and its location along the isthmus connecting North and South America has been described by the National Geographic Society as "...the most biologically intense place on Earth." A 6-hour hike through the park to Salsipuedes Bay passes through primary and secondary forests, mangrove and beautiful beaches.
		Spend the next two days exploring Corcovado, hiking in the national park, enjoying the secluded beach, resting in a hammock or exploring the self guided trails near the lodge.
		Its proximity to Corcovado National Park makes it the perfect base for exploring the region.
	www.adventuresmithexplorations.com /itinerarydetails.php/advid/7 (808 words)

	Costa Rica National Parks
		Corcovado Park is the crown Jewel of the Costa Rican park sysem.
		This national park is home to more than 400 species of birds and more than a hundred species each of amphibians and mammals and spans more than 40,000 hectares of protected land.
		You want at least 3 days to do Corcovado park right, unless you can afford $250 to fly in and more..
	1.alpha.world66.com /world/europe/netherlands/amsterdam/centralamericathecaribbean/costarica/nationalparks (808 words)

	Casa Corcavado, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
		The lodge is the closest to Corcovado National Park, the last remaining Pacific lowland rainforest of sustainable size in Central America.
		Corcovado National Park Tour or Caño Island Tour
		Located on the Osa Peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica, Corcovado is the "crown jewel" of a world-renowned national park system.
	centralamerica.com /cr/hotel/corcovad.htm (1545 words)

	Costa Rica - Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula
		For visits to Corcovado National Park including overnights at one of the ranger stations it is necessary to make reservations with the park administration which is located in Puerto Jimenez.
		Starting point for hiking tours to Corcovado National Park is the small town Puerto Jimenez with various small hotels and bed and breakfasts.
		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.
	adventure-costarica.com /travel/costa_rica_national_parks/corcovado_national_park.htm (327 words)

	Corcovado Costa Rica - packages, hotels, tours in Corcovado Costa Rica
		Located on the Osa Peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica, Corcovado is the "crown jewel" of a world-renowned national park system.
		The information we bring is about the Corcovado National Park, the last remaining Pacific lowland rainforest of sustainable size in Central America.
		Then after mangrove area, you find long, open sea beaches, such as: Colorada, Corcovado, Las Caletas, Carate and Piro that are part of the park.Finally activities like hiking, bird watching, snorkeling, diving, marine photography, fishing and kayaking are specials on this zone.
	www.corcovadoinfo.com (507 words)

	National Parks in Costa Rica , Costa Rica National Parks and Nature Reserves
		This park was born to serve as a bridge and corridor between rainforests and the large Corcovado National Park.
		Santa Rosa National Park is located far in the North Pacific Coast, and it represents one of the last virgin Tropical Dry Forests in the country and Central America.
		Ostional Beach and park are located in the center of the Peninsula of Nicoya, and also protects some very important turtle colonies that come here every year for nesting.
	www.travelingcostarica.com /travel/information_costa_rica/national_parks.htm (1845 words)

	Corcovado National Park, Welcome
		Corcovado Eco Lodge is is located inside the Punta Río Claro National Wildlife Refuge 2 miles north of the San Pedrillo ranger station in Corcovado National Park, this area gives access to the visitors not only to Corcovado National Park but also to the Caño Island and miles of pristine beaches.
		Corcovado National Park is located in the Osa Peninsula; Once an island, the Osa Peninsula connected with the Central American isthmus millions of years ago.
		These characteristics have earned the Corcovado National Park the title of the “last wild frontier” of Costa Rica.
	www.corcovadoecolodge.com (132 words)

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	www.costaricatour.com (564 words)

	¡CATCH! National Parks in Costa Rica - Discover the beauty!
		Corcovado National Park (54,500 hectares) includes a huge range of habitats from wet, mainly impenetrable rain forest to dripping, steamy cloud forest, oak forest seashore and swamp.
		Manuel Antonio National Park (683 hectares) is Costa Rica's most famous national park and one of its most visited.
		The park is located on the Osa Peninsula on the southern Pacific coast and fringed to the west by endless, wide, flat sandy beaches.
	www.catchtravels.com /CR_National_Parks.html (1251 words)

	Corcovado Tours Costa Rica - Corcovado Hiking and Trekking
		Corcovado National Park has one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world.
		Corcovado National Park encompasses eight habitats from mangrove swamp to mountain forest.
		Corcovado is one of the only two places in the country that harbor squirrel monkeys.
	www.travelingcostarica.com /usa/adventure/tour_corcovado.htm (476 words)

	Adventure Life Accommodations: Corcovado Tent Camp, Costa Rica
		Corcovado National Park is the protected wilderness area with the greatest biodiversity in Costa Rica.
		Adjacent to Corcovado National Park is one of the protected wilderness areas with the greatest biodiversity in Costa Rica.
		The local guides at Corcovado are either Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the Corcovado area or other bilingual personnel who are familiar with the trails of the region.
	www.adventure-life.com /lodging/costa_rica/corcovado_tent_camp.php (606 words)

	Wild Costa Rica - Corcovado 8 Day Corcovado Osa Peninsula
		Corcovado National Park teems with wildlife ranging from spider, squirrel, and capachin monkeys, cuatimundis, two and three toed sloths, tapirs, peccaries, giant anteaters and even ocelot, jagaurundi, and others.
		After an exhilerating two-day whitewater rafting trip, we head toward the untamed Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park - one of the only places in Costa Rica where large groups of the endangered scarlet macaw still color the sky.
		Off the beaten path enough to avoid the crowds, Corcovado will reward you with spectacular scenery and unmatched opportunities to spot elusive wildlife.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/11373.html (696 words)

	National Parks: Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica: Flora and Fauna
		An example of the large diversity found in Corcovado National Park is the cedro caracolito tree, which is a very recent scientific discovery (November 1993).
		National Parks: Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica: Flora and Fauna
		Corcovado is made up of a unique set of interacting land and marine ecosystems.
	www.nps.gov /centralamerica/costarica/flora.shtml (107 words)

	Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
		Corcovado National Park is the backpacking experience of a lifetime.
		Details on campsites and bunkhouses at the rangers stations in the park are in a separate PDF document.
		The five ranger stations in the park are connected by a network of trails and have camping areas, potable water, and radio or telephone contact with the outside world.
	costa-rica-guide.com /Natural/Corcovado.html (1303 words)

	Save Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
		As you are well aware, Corcovado is one of Costa Rica& greatest natural treasures and one of the most important tourism attractions of the country and it is in all of our interests to protect this National Park.
		Situated on the Osa Peninsula in the southwest of Costa Rica in the Mesoamerica hotspot, the rain forest of the Corcovado and Peidras Blancas national parks is home to wild pigs and jaguars, both of which are under severe threat.
		He works as Park Ranger at Corcovado National Park and his salary is provided by Lapa Rios Ecolodge.
	www.laparios.com /save_corcovado.html (1895 words)

	Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
		And the park supports a healthy population of tapirs and of big cats, which like to hang around the periphery of the Corcovado Lagoon.
		Corcovado is a good place to spot the red-eyed tree frog (listen for his single-note mating “cluck”), the glass frog with its transparent skin, and enamel-bright poison-arrow frogs.
		Corcovado is one of only two places in the country that harbor squirrel monkeys (the other is Manuel Antonio).
	www.moon.com /planner/costa_rica/mustsee/corcovado_np.html (964 words)

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		Corcovado National Park contains approximately 140 species of mammals, 367 birds, 117 amphibians and reptiles, 40 types of freshwater fish, and it is estimated that there are some 6,000 types of insects.
		The Sirena ranger station is situated in the heart of Corcovado National Park, just along the coast, midway between the San Pedrillo and Carate ranger stations.
		This small town provides the most convenient access to Corcovado National Park.
	www.worldheadquarters.com /cr/protected_areas/parks/corcovado (2163 words)

	Costa Rica Ecotourism: National Parks and Beaches - Tourist Information
		The Corcovado national park protects a rare tract of Pacific coastal rainforest with an amazing diversity of plants and animals.
		We recommend that you bypass the walking tour in the National Park and just sit in the hot springs at Tabacon Spa after dark.
		We left our kayaks for a few weeks to visit some of the most famous national parks.
	www.jpsviewfinder.com /travel/country/costarica/travelinfo.htm (1421 words)

	Corcovado Adventures Tent Camp - Welcome
		Our Camp is close to Corcovado National Park and the Caño Island Biological Reserve.
		Here at Corcovado Adventures Tent Camp, we offer you an affordable and comfortable opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful locations on the planet, the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.
		This paradise is a combination of tropical wilderness and beaches, catalogued by the National Geographic Society as "one of the most biologically intense places on Earth!".
	www.corcovado.com (172 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions for Chirripo, Tapanti and Corcovado Treks, Costa Rica Trekking Adventures -
		Are there camping sites in the Chirripo National Park?
		When accessing Corcovado by air with the "Above the Jungle" package the maximun luggage weight per person is 11.5 Kg (25 lbs).
		The Corcovado Treks will be in humid and hot environments of the lowland rainforest.
	www.chirripo.com /faqs.html (1804 words)

	Corcovado Adventures Tent Camp in Costa Rica
		The surrounding forest and shoreline trails can easily be followed with friends, or guided tours to Corcovado Park with local knowledgeable guide can be arranged for you.
		Monkeys, toucans, macaws as well as over 300 species of exotic birds make Corcovado their home.
		This area is catalogued by The National Geographic Society as one of the best biological spots on earth.
	www.edenia.com /hustler.htm (535 words)

	National Parks of Costa Rica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the southern Osa peninsula is the internationally renowned Corcovado National Park, which preserves a remnant of sizeable lowland tropical rainforest that is unique in the world.
		Costa Rica's progressive policies on environmental protection and sustainable eco-tourism in the National Parks System have been lauded as a model for other countries.
		SINAC (Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion) is the government agency in Costa Rica that deals with national parks and wildlife refuges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Parks_of_Costa_Rica (259 words)

	Corcovado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 710-meter peak is located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
		Corcovado, meaning "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
		Corcovado is a song by Antonio Carlos Jobim refering to Corcovado mountain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corcovado (384 words)

	RailServe.com: Tourist Railroads Railway Museums & Train Excursions
		Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Railway - Scenic and historic route in Britain, passing through lowland valleys and the Yorkshire Dales National Park before climbing to the mountain landscape of the High Pennines, then descending to the Eden Valley and the Border City of Carlisle
		Corcovado Rack Railway - Inclined railroad to the summit at Corcovado, the famous Christ Statue; built in 1884 and converted from steam to electric in 1910; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Pilion Railway, The - Railway from Volos to Milies on the Pilion peninsula, central Greece; 600 mm narrow gauge; returned to operation in 1996
	www.railserve.com /Tourist/World (4218 words)

	RailServe.com Links: Tourist Railroads Railway Museums & Train Excursions
		Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Railway - Scenic and historic route in Britain, passing through lowland valleys and the Yorkshire Dales National Park before climbing to the mountain landscape of the High Pennines, then descending to the Eden Valley and the Border City of Carlisle
		Corcovado Rack Railway - Inclined railroad to the summit at Corcovado, the famous Christ Statue; built in 1884 and converted from steam to electric in 1910; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Chabówka Rolling-Stock Heritage Park - Museum in Chabówka, Poland
	www.railserve.com /Tourist/World (4218 words)

	costa rica map - corcovado national park
		Corcovado is located in the life zone that correspond to the very humid Tropical forest in the south pacific of Costa Rica and you can be sure that no other wild area in the country protects plants and animal as this park.
		The very humid forests of Corcovado, are some of the last places that still maintain the ecosystem of the very humid tropical forests in the American pacific, with precipitation over 5.000mm annual.
		This wild area is considered an excellent life laboratory, in which you can study the structure and function of the tropical ecosystems and the relationship between them.
	www.costaricamap.com /ing/biopcorcovado.html (338 words)

	Corcovado
		Corcovado National Park on the coast of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula is an outstanding rainforest preserve.
	homepage.mac.com /muirpower/costa_rica/PhotoAlbum31.html (16 words)

	Corcovado National Park
		Corcovado National Park is one of our planet's most remarkable expressions of life, an enchanted realm where every turn of the eye welcomes new surprises.
		Among the endangered species protected by Corcovado national Park are five species of cat (including the jaguar and ocelot), giant anteaters, and the harpy eagle.
		Acknowledged by The National Geographic Society as "one of the most biologically intense places on earth," Corcovado National Park is a verdant kingdom where the jaguar holds court as spider monkeys play jester.
	www.drakebayholiday.com /corcovado.htm (761 words)

	Trekking Hiking Corcovado National Park Costa Rica
		The Corcovado plain in the Holdridge life-zone system is classified as tropical premontane wet forest - warm transition; the evergreen upland forest covering almost half the park is tropical wet forest, and the highest cerros probably harbour tropical premontane rain forest.
		Corcovado Lagoon, which each rainy season is infused with up to 1 m of standing fresh water, and supports a floating central mat of ample herbaceous vegetation including Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes, Salvinia sp.
		The Corcovado plain, which was formed in the Pliocene- Pleistocene, is composed of alluvial deposits and mollisol soils.
	www.chirripo.com /corcovado.html (3196 words)

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