Ocelote Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.63 mi
- Elevation gain
- 354 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 0 ft
- Max elevation
- 563 ft
- TrailRank
- 21
- Min elevation
- 194 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 76
- Uploaded
- May 28, 2010
- Recorded
- May 2010
near Agua Buena, Puntarenas (Costa Rica)
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Itinerary description
Distance: 1 Km.
Difficulty: Difficult
Duration: 45 Min
Located entirely in mature forest, Ocelote connects the Los Perdidos Trail and the Cerro Osa Trail. This is one of the most stunning walks in the Osa Biodiversity Center trail system, as it combines a number of enormous rainforest trees with a sparse understory, a characteristic of primary forests. The trail was named after two ocelots, one male and one female, were photographed using the hollow of an old baco (Brosimum utile) trunk as a latrine. Interestingly, the researchers also found photos of coatis, opossums, skunks, and tayras, all common ocelot prey, visiting the same spot. Why these animals visit their predator’s hangout is still a mystery.
This trail is part of the Osa Biodiversity Center hiking trail system.
Difficulty: Difficult
Duration: 45 Min
Located entirely in mature forest, Ocelote connects the Los Perdidos Trail and the Cerro Osa Trail. This is one of the most stunning walks in the Osa Biodiversity Center trail system, as it combines a number of enormous rainforest trees with a sparse understory, a characteristic of primary forests. The trail was named after two ocelots, one male and one female, were photographed using the hollow of an old baco (Brosimum utile) trunk as a latrine. Interestingly, the researchers also found photos of coatis, opossums, skunks, and tayras, all common ocelot prey, visiting the same spot. Why these animals visit their predator’s hangout is still a mystery.
This trail is part of the Osa Biodiversity Center hiking trail system.
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