Let's go fishing!
There is no other place where you will feel more connected to the natural world than when you’re visiting the Osa Peninsula, where the edge of Costa Rica’s largest coastal rainforest meets the Pacific—and at its heart is Crocodile Bay & Botánika. From the moment you arrive, a world of adventure will unfold before you like the calm and welcoming waters of the Golfo Dulce.
Golfo Dulce, about a forty-five minute boat ride from their iconic 800-foot pier. The Pacific Sailfish
can be caught all year and, during the winter months, it is common to raise 10 to 15 in a single
day. Fishing is "catch and release" using safe circle hooks. The fishing director and English
speaking captains will work with you to accommodate any fishing technique.
In addition to cobalt blue water, the smooth Golfo Dulce provides anglers exciting inshore
action. Home to the roosterfish, bluefin trevally, jacks, grouper and many other, you will find
plenty of different fishing spots to try in this 30-mile-long saltwater gulf.
- 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity is outside your front door.
- Costa Rica is 200 times smaller than the United States and the Osa constitutes a mere 3% of Costa Rica—yet the Osa has the same number of plant and animal species as the entire United States.
- Central America’s largest remaining Pacific lowland rainforest and 50% of all plant and animal species in Costa Rica can be found here.
- This is the center of the “South Central American Pacific Slope,” which is classified as one of the most important endemic-bird areas in the world.
- Four different species of endangered sea turtles come to nest here.
- All four species of monkeys found in Costa Rica thrive here, along with the largest population of Scarlet Macaws north of the Equator.
- Crocodile Bay is easy to get to from anywhere in the Americas via San Jose, Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO).
