Cocos Island National Park
Table of Contents: Culture and History / History / Landscape / Flora and fauna / Climate / Travel to Cocos Island National Park, visa requirements / Fees.2FPermits / Get around / Cocos Island National Park attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Cocos Island National Park souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Cocos Island National Park nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Stay safe / Get out More from Costa Rica: Alajuela, Cahuita National Park, Caribbean Costa Rica, Cartago, Central Pacific, Central Valley (Costa Rica), Cocos Island National Park, Guanacaste, Liberia (Costa Rica), Pacuare River and Protected Zone, Parismina, Pochote, Puerto Limon, Puntarenas, San José, South Costa Rica, Tapanti National Park, Tortuguero More from Central America: Belize, Clipperton Island, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama More from North America: Canada, Caribbean, Cascade Mountains, Central America, Great Lakes, Greenland, Mexico, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park |
Cocos Island is in Costa Rica.
Culture and History
Cocos Island is located in the Eastern Tropical Pacific approximately 300 miles southwest of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica. A rugged and incredibly beautiful island, today Cocos Island is the most sacred National park in Costa Rica's extensive park system.
Among Cocos Island's many attributes is a startling degree of biodiversity. This island's world-renowned waters explode with life, including innumerable white tip reef sharks, schooling hammerhead sharks, dolphins, mantas and marbled rays, giant moray eels, sailfish, and of course the occasional whale shark. Other common encounters are large schools of jacks and tuna, silky sharks, silver tip sharks, marlin, Creole fish, green turtles and octopus. On the Island you will encounter a lot of pigs and not much else besides the usual vegetation.
History
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Climate
Travel to Cocos Island National Park, visa requirements
As tourists are allowed ashore only with permission of island rangers, there are very limited ways to be able to step foot on the island but one of the best ways to experience this natural beauty is through a dive trip. There are two fully equipped dive boats that do week and a half trips out to the Island and back, they are the Okeanos Aggressor and Undersea Hunter.
Fees/Permits
Get around
Cocos Island National Park attractions and sightseeing
Since this is an island you will see a lot of ocean, but if you ever get the chance to step foot on the island and are somewhat physically fit, hike to the top of the island with a guide. It a magnificent view.
City tours
Shopping, Cocos Island National Park souvenirs
Good restaurants and cheap meals
Cocos Island National Park nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.
Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
Tourists and are not permitted to camp or sleep on the island.
Stay safe
Get out
More from Costa Rica: Alajuela, Cahuita National Park, Caribbean Costa Rica, Cartago, Central Pacific, Central Valley (Costa Rica), Cocos Island National Park, Guanacaste, Liberia (Costa Rica), Pacuare River and Protected Zone, Parismina, Pochote, Puerto Limon, Puntarenas, San José, South Costa Rica, Tapanti National Park, Tortuguero More from Central America: Belize, Clipperton Island, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama More from North America: Canada, Caribbean, Cascade Mountains, Central America, Great Lakes, Greenland, Mexico, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park |
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