Cocos Island Hot Spot

Cocos Island Hot Spot

Cocos Island!
A mega oceanic and pelagic adventure to one of the most remote location in the world. Join me to cocos in my 7th adventure chasing endemics, rare birds and the natural history of the ínsula.
Average price $7400, current price $4600 pp.
Feb 4-14 2023, get an extra discount by booking now.

In the pictures the tracking of the pelagic observations during the 300 miles of sailing to Cocos, the 3 endemics (Cocos Cuckoo, Cocos Finch, Cocos Flycatcher), Swallow-tailed Gull, Markham’s Storm Petrel and the map of the trails and rocky spots along the island we will be birding and exploring. If you have a diving license you can pay some extra take some of the dives.
Drop me a pm for more details and do not miss the chance to explore the oceanic and endemic galore of the Costa Rica’s Pacific Ocean.

This is a one of its kind trip that must be booked at least 4-6 months prior departure due to vessel logistics, approaching the departure dates won’t be possible to sign.

Trip reports of the past 6 trips:
VI Expedition Island section (March 26-April 3) https://ebird.org/tripreport/50840
VI Expedition Pelagic (March 26 - April 4 2022) https://ebird.org/tripreport/59912
V Expedition (Nov 9-19 2021) https://ebird.org/tripreport/9034
IV Expedition (May 13-23 2021) https://ebird.org/tripreport/9387
III Expedition (Jan 5-15 2021) https://ebird.org/tripreport/9423
II Expedition (Aug 30 _ Sept 9 2020) https://ebird.org/tripreport/9450
I Expedition (July 11-21 2020) https://ebird.org/tripreport/9452

Thanks to conservation efforts and its remote location, the Cocos Island Hope Spot is home to some of the best conserved ecosystems in marine tropical waters. 

The healthy population of top predators makes Cocos Island one of the most important sites in the Eastern Tropical Pacific for taking action to protect large migratory species, including a variety of shark and ray species. 

Gran cantidad de pargos azules dorados lutjanus víridis, nadan por el arrecife coralino de Porites sp, mientras un pez loro bicolor Scarus rubroviolaceus se alimenta, la gran diversidad de fauna marina y la buena salud de los ecosistemas marinos que protegen el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco / Cocos Island National Park #Parque_Nacional_Isla_del_Coco lo hacen uno de los sitios más importantes para la conservación. 🏝🐠🐠🐠📸GGD

Can you guess Nat Geo Explorer in Residence Enric Sala’s favorite shark? 🦈

“There are so many beautiful sharks! Hammerheads are distinctive, and tiger sharks are so powerful and elegant. But my heart beat the fastest when a whale shark (which at 15 meters long, is the largest shark in the ocean) swam right past me near Cocos Island in Costa Rica.”