Cano Island Biological Reserve Tour
Caño Island Tour in Costa Rica
It consists of a block of eocene basalts many million years old, that rose up due to subduction or the collapse of the cocos plate under the Caribbean plate along the central american trench. the island has great archaeological significance as it was used as a cemetery and a permanent pre-columbian settlement.
You can still see pottery remains and some almost perfectly round stone spheres made by the Indians. The central 90m-high planteau is covered in very tall evergreen forest, basically consisting of enormous cow trees (brosimum utile) ,also known as the milk tree because of the white latex it exudes and which can be drunk.
Although animals are scare , several bird, such as the osprey (pandion haliaetus ) and boas (boa constrictor ) can be seen
There are also 12 species of scleractinian coral that grow to 15 metres deep , as well as sea stars. On isolated rocks , at a depth of about 20 metres, there are algae as well as robust octocoral fauna - species hydroids with severe stings , sponges and sea urchins.
In nearby waters, common bottlenose dolphin, pantropical spotted dolphin , killer whales ,humpback whale, false killer whale,several species of turtle and three species WhaleS can be seen
The coral reefs can grow up to 15 metres and consist of pocillopora damicornis on the uppermost parts , and of porites lobata , pavona sp. And pocillopora sp. In the deeper parts. Coral growth is richer on the eastern side of the island on a platform about 200 metres long.
We leave for Cano Island at 7 a.m. and return at 4 p.m.
On the Cano Island Tour, we provide you with lunch, pay the park entry fee and also provide your wit the snorkeling equipment.
In Cano Island you can go hiking, swim at the beach, and see wildlife and tropical rainforest.
We aboard the boat at Punta Uvita at the Marino Ballena National Park.
