Cocos Island National Park

Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, established in 1978, is the worlds largest uninhabited island. Cocos Island is Part of the Galapagos island chain it has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  The over nine square mile volcanic island is an amazing place to visit!  The waterfalls are spectacular as they drop into the sea, the coral reefs contain over eighteen different kinds coral and 300 types of fish making them a haven for snorkelers and divers, there are beautiful trails to hike and amazing and huge colonies of seabirds to experience while on this island paradise!   
Costa Rica annexed the Isla del Coco in 1869, but its distance from the mainland- nearly 300 miles- make it a place that few visitors and only a handful Costa Ricans have visited.  Jacques Cousteau called Island del Coco “one of the most beautiful islands in the world”.  Several companies offer cruise packages to this remote island, including ones specifically for divers and snorkelers.  Serious divers can enjoy 100 foot visibility and the underwater equivalent of a big game park!  The waters here are filled with scalloped hammerheads, white tipped reef sharks, bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, Galapagos sharks and huge schools of brightly colored fish. The fragile ecosystem that exists here supports several endemic fauna such as the Pacific dwarf gecko and the Cocos anole and over seventy endemic plant species. Stories of hidden treasure abound as this island was a favorite among early explorers.  Markings can be found on the stones surrounding the anchorage that show crude drawings done by sailors many centuries ago.  

Cocos Island also has the distinction of being the location for the filming of Jurassic Park.  The wild and desolate beauty of this National Park made it the perfect location for this wild adventure.