Isla de caño/caño island

Lying in the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean, some 20 km offshore from the Osa Peninsula at Drake Bay, Isla del Cano or Cano Island is an amazing marine biological reserve in Costa Rica. Part of Puntarenas province and just northeast of the Corcovado National Park, Isla del Cano is an island of considerable geographical and archeological importance. Fifteen kilometers from the Port of San Pedrillo, this 300-hectare piece of land was formerly a cemetery or burial ground dating back to the pre-Columbian era.

Flora and Fauna:

In terms of plant species on the island are:
158 species of vascular plants and ferns. The area is characterized by tropical rainforest, and most species are perennials (Arguedas 1999).
The dominant coral species is:
Porites lobata, which is resistant to environmental fluctuations, has a high rate of recovery from injury and the subject of a low level of predation (Gomez and Cortes 1989). The corals are colonies of tiny animals that can take hundreds of years to form structures visible today.

Snorkling Tour Description

You have to be 30 min before at the office to check the equipment of dnorkling. Then the guie explain all about that you have to bring. Leaving the hotel  is 10 min to reach the beach there we take  the boat to the Island.

The duration of the trip is 45 min., during the tour boat we may can see tortles, dolphin, whales, and some marine birds   and fly fish. Very close to the island  we do snorkeling  forapproximately1 hour in  a place called the Garden.   We reach the beach carefully from the boat. We checked into the ranger’s office, being there on the beach you can  hike by a  trail called the Mirador is approx. 1 hour throughout the walk. After the hike  we takes the lunch on the

beach there are some tables and chairs to sit. Then you can swim in the beach and we take the boat back and we make a new snorkeling in a different place called roca de jureles approx. 30 or 40 min after the snorkeling we return to
Bahia Drake.

Important information

Includes: Guide, Transportation, equipment,  park entrance tickets, lunch (style picnic).
What to bring: extra water, sunscreen, sunglasses, sandals or water shoes, hiking shoes, camera, hat, swimsuit  

Check out Time: 8:00 am
Check out time time of island 2: 00 pm
Being in the office 30 minutes earlier.
Tour lasts approx. 6.5 hours.
Note: To book the tour you mustreserve  one day before and before 3 pm
Also you must pay in order to reserve the tour.