Escape to Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s coastline and the sea that bathes it are as sought after as the unbounded nature inland. Local beaches are attractive for their natural beauty, as well as for the miracle of creation. Despite constant threats of danger, female olive ridley sea turtles return here year after year to lay their eggs…and the baby turtles make their way to the sea to test the strength of the Pacific Ocean currents. Only one in a thousand survives… Evidence of Mother Nature’s – or in this case, the god Siba’s – boundless fantasies is the Osa peninsula, captured in the third part of the documentary film series. Long ago it was an island, and it seems as if the virgin rainforest grows directly from the ebb and flow of the tide… The exceptional number of local ecosystems makes it possible for new plant and animal species to continue to emerge even today, some of which exist nowhere else on Earth. A similar variety and diversity can be seen under the water’s surface. The fascinating scenery is enhanced by the protracted singing of humpback whales, whose songs last up to 30 minutes during courtship and mating. Singing humpback whales can be heard underwater over 40 kilometres away, but to catch a glimpse of them isn’t quite as easy.