A wood turtle with colorful head and limb markings.
Explore Central Pacific
Costa Rica’s Central Pacific region connects beach communities with forest and river landscapes. Jacó, Quepos and Manuel Antonio offer different ways to explore the meeting of land and ocean. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.
Spectacled Caiman
A crocodilian with a bony ridge between its eyes that suggests a pair of spectacles.
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
A marine snake with a dark back, yellow underside and a flattened paddle-shaped tail.
Humpback Whale
A humpback whale is a mammal that breathes air through blowholes and nurses its young with milk.
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
The common bottlenose dolphin has a short thick beak and a generally gray body.
Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo
This armadillo wears a covering of bony plates, with flexible bands across its middle so it can bend while walking.