(45.899 ha), (1978). It`s situated in the Cordillera Central,
noth-east from the Meseta Central. It includes Barva Volcano, Bajo la Hondura,
Cacho Negro Peak and Zurqui tunnel (in the empty, old volcano). It was called in honour on one of the first chiefs of
country-Braulio Carillo.
Most of the parkland is covered, evergreen primary forests
that houses about 6.000 species of plants. Birds are especially numerous with
347 species (quetzals, osprey, yquirros, three-wattled bellbird). Animals found
in this park include: tapir, jaguar, puma, ocelot, paca white-tailed deer,
howler and white-faced monkeys, cougars, jaguarundies. In 1987, a highway San Jose-Guapiles-Limon was laid out
through it. In 1986 its territory was enlarged.
