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Although getting
to Coco's Island is still a tropical adventure, its
native beauty will dazzle you, since both the
journey through its turquoise blue waters full of
life and the green of its forests will be images
hard to duplicate in any other place of the world.
Cocos Island, 24 sq. kilometers in size is a typical
tropical island with two bays in the north, Wafer
Bay and Chatham Bay which are divided by a ridge.
The latter are a save harbor. The rest of the
coastline is very step with quit a number of
waterfalls, some of them 200 feet high. In the
southwest of the island are the highest point,
called mount "Iglesias" and 575 feet high. The
Climate is hot and humid - very humid. It rains
almost every day for a couple of hours between March
and December.
Coco's Island is one of the few places where its
topographical characteristics will provide you with
a large number of waterfalls of all sizes and shapes
that present a unique sight, even more when they
fall into the sea. Also, this place has fresh water
springs that form small rivers, islets and high
elevation cliffs that shape a unique landscape. |

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