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Tico Explorers

Explore South Pacific

Costa Rica’s South Pacific region brings together rainforest, mountain communities and remarkable coastal landscapes. Uvita, the Osa Peninsula and the Golfo Dulce invite discovery of the connections between forests, rivers and sea. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.

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Panamic Fanged Blenny

A small rocky-shore fish with a blunt head.

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Mexican Hogfish

A sturdy wrasse with strikingly different color phases.

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Coral Hawkfish

A small reef fish with reddish-brown blotches.

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Orangeside Triggerfish

A triggerfish with a dark back and orange lower sides.

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Blunthead Triggerfish

A large gray triggerfish with a pale gill slit.

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Graybar Grunt

A silver grunt crossed by broad dark bars.

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Chameleon Wrasse

A patterned wrasse whose appearance changes with life phase.

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Cortez Angelfish

A tall angelfish with yellow accents and dramatic juvenile stripes.

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Giant Damselfish

A large damselfish with dark blue-gray adult coloring.

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Spotted Rose Snapper

A silvery-pink Pacific fish with a distinctive dark spot high on its side.

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Fishing

Explore patience, observation and responsible fishing with Pico and Tati.

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Corn

Corn, also called maize, is a cultivated grass.

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