Where to see
Lepidochelys olivacea
Ostional Wildlife Refuge leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Pacific Ridley during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Ostional Wildlife Refuge
In Ostional Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Ridley sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve and more
After Ostional Wildlife Refuge, the next-best odds of seeing a Pacific Ridley are in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 30%), Coiba National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July to September in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (about 60%), August and October in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (about 40%) and February, April–May, August and November–December in Coiba National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Pacific Ridley on a given day. Each park's Pacific Ridley page has the full month-by-month chart.
