The Wild Playful Monkeys of Costa Rica: A Day at the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary

The Osa Wildlife Sanctuary is home to many of endangered animals and plays an important role in protecting the wildlife of the Osa Peninsula especially the monkeys. Crocodile Bay guests take an ecotour of the sanctuary and get some monkey love.

Sanctuary Monkey
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Adorable Monkey form the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary

Costa Rica Monkey
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Monkey chilling in a tree by the ocean.

Sloth Upside Down
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Sloth hanging upside down.

Monkey on Head
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This little guy decided to make himself right at home.

Baby Monkey
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A baby monkey

Monkey chilling on my lap
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This monkey looks like he might be ready for a nap.

Monkey Kiss
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Monkey Kiss

 

Sportfishing Calendar

January

Tuna, marlin and dorado taper off. Number of sailfish begins to increase.

February

Prime time for sailfish. Occassional marlin, tuna or dorado.

March

Prime time for sailfish.

April

Sailfish numbers drop mid-April and some marlin begin to appear.

May

Slower for billfish. Typically we start seeing schools of spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

June

Slower for billfish. Spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

July

Marlin begin to appear. A chance for black marlin as well as blues and striped marlin. A chance for tuna.

August

Marlin and tuna.

September

Slower for billfish. A chance for tuna and dorado.

October

Dorado begin to appear in numbers with marlin close behind.

November

A mixed bag of dorado, marlin and some big tuna.

December

Marlin, dorado, tuna and sailfish are all possibilities.