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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:
Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio National Park

(683 ha), (1972). The smallest but the most visited national park of Costa Rica. It`s situated on the middle pacific coast and used to be an ancient territory of Quepoa Indians. There is a tombolo, that was formed by two coastal currents that at one time run parallel to the shore and then converged, accumulating deposits of sand that later joined the mainland to Catedral Island.

It`s inhabited by raccons and white-faced monkeys. Typical species of forests balsa, Santa Maria and spiny cedars. The coast is fringed by coconut palms. It consists on four beaches: Manuel Antonio, Espadilla Sur, Escondido, Playita. In the last one at a low tide can be seen a stone ancient pens served by Indians for traping the sea turtles). This park includes 12 coastal islands that provide refuge for seabirds and a nesting site for the brown booby (one of them is Isla Mogote where used to lived shamans of Quepoe Indians). Dolphins abound in the surrounding sea and sometimes whales can be seen on their migratory routes.


 
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