The Marino Ballena National Park in Costa Rica is one of the country’s recently formed park. Created in 1989, the Marino Ballena became the first Costa Rican Marine National Park. The lack of fishing control and unsupervised tourism activity in the area has slowly but gradually taken its toll on the area’s species and marine life thus alerting authorities and eventually creating the protected park.

The park gets its name for the Spanish word ballena, for whale, is famous for serving as a temporary refuge to the humpback whale. Other species of whales are also commonly seen, but the humpback whale can be observed mating during their wintering periods around January and February.

Due to the park’s quite recent creation and short handed personnel, only a handful of species are on record. Several expeditions and tours are offered in which volunteers can help researchers collect all sorts of information.

The Marino Ballena National Park is located in the Drake’s Bay along Costa Rica’s South Pacific Coast. The Osa Peninsula is still a pristine and unspoiled territory with a handful of lodges and hotels.

The biodiversity and beauty of this area is captivating and will certainly have the nature-tourist coming back for more.

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