Bahía Drake sits on the northern shore of the Osa Peninsula, and getting there is part of what keeps it quiet: most people come by boat down the Sierpe river and out through the rivermouth into the sea, an hour and a half through mangroves and then surf. The road exists but is rough and often impassable in the wet season.
It is one of the two gateways into Corcovado — the other being Puerto Jiménez on the far side — and the ranger station at San Pedrillo is a short boat ride away. Day trips go to Caño Island for snorkelling and diving, which is among the best in Costa Rica, and the coastal trail between Drake and Agujitas is good for wildlife on its own.
Named, with reasonable confidence, after Francis Drake, who is thought to have careened his ships here in 1579.