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General info
Bolanos Island Wildlife Refuge
Santa Rosa National Park
Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve
Palo Verde National Park
Barra Honda National Park
Penas Blancas National Wildlife Refuge
Guayabo, Negritos and Los Pajaros Biological Reserve
Ostional National Wildlife Refuge
Carara Biological Reserve
Curu National Wildlife Refuge
Cabo Blanco Natural Reserve
Manuel Antonio National Park
Cano Island Biological Reserve
Golfito National Wildlife Refuge
Corcovado National Park
Coco Island National Park
Rincon de la Vieja National Park
Poas Volcano National Park
Braulio Carillo National Park
Irazu Volcano National Park
Guayabo National Monument
Tapanti National Park
Chirripo National Park
Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve
Cano Negro National Reserve
Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge
Tortuguero National Park
Cahuita National Park
Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge
Guanacaste National Park
Arenal Volcano National Park
Ballena National Sea Park
Juan Castro Blanco National Park
Las Baulas National Park
Esquinas National Park
Cipanci National Wildlife Refuge
Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve
La Cangreja National Park
Diria National Park
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve



 
NATIONAL PARKS:
Cabo Blanco Natural Reserve

Cabo Blanco Natural Reserve

(1.172 ha). It`s situated on the southern end of Nicoya peninsula in Puntarenas province. It consists of land (1172 ha) and water sectors (1790 ha). The land sector is covered by thick forests. It provides a shelter for squirrels, tiger cats, porcupines, armadillo, howler and spider monkeys. There are 119 species of trees (cedars, gumbo-limbo, frangipani, chicle). Seabirds are very numerous (brown pelicans, magnificent frigatebirds, and the biggest colony in country of brown boobies.

There is also the Cabo Blanco island, located 1,6 km off the coast. It`s a sheer rocky mound completely devoid of vegetation but covered with guano. (Because of their white colour, the island got its name (blanco-white).


 
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