Considered one of the most virgin regions of the country, the south Pacific encompasses one of the areas of major biodiversity in Costa Rica, the Corcovado National Park. Nature in its maximum expression? alive, exuberant, greened in every detail of the jungle growth. This, and more, is offered in the region that extends from the Bar? River to the Panamanian border, and from the Talamanca mountain range to the Pacific coast.
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In this territory there are lagoons, mangroves, rivers, rain forests, lowland cloud forests, and 46 kilometers of sandy coastline. The south Pacific zone is rich in flora and fauna, and its environment serves as a refuge to animals in danger of extinction such as the tapir, panther, and scarlet macaw. The forests are tall and dense.
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