Cocos Island National Park Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Cocos Island is in Costa Rica.
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Understand
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 vegitation.
History
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Climate
Get in
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
See
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 some what physically fit I highly recommend taking the hike to the top of the island with a guide. It is one of the most magnificent views.
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Tourists and are not permitted to camp or sleep on the island.
Stay safe
Get out
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