Port of the Week: Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Julie | July 30, 2009

Star Flyer will call at Drake Bay, Costa Rica, on one of the two new round-trip Costa Rica itineraries debuting next year.

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Discovered by Sir Francis Drake in 1579 during his circumnavigation of the globe, Drake Bay is one of the most popular destinations in the region. Drake Bay is exclusively accessible by boat and is home to Parque Nacional Corcovado, the tallest primary rain forest on the planet and home to nearly 400 species of birds, 139 species of mammals and 116 species of amphibians and reptiles. Also near Drake Bay is the smaller Marenco Biological Station, where guests can hike through moss-festooned rain forest replete with toucans, monkeys, curassows and tanagers, or ride a horse to the Rio Claro for a swim. The tiny island has a wealth of underwater beauty, and gives guests the chance to swim among brightly colored tropical fish and dolphins.

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  1. Ed Swafford Said,

    August 10, 2009 @ 9:58 pm

    We will be there in MArch 2010 on the trip from Tahiti to Panama. We did the trip in Oct 2008 from Athens Greece to Goa with the US Navy Escort in theGulf of Aden to Oman.

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