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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
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve



 
NATIONAL PARKS:
Poas Volcano National Park

Poas Volcano National Park

(5.600 ha), (1971). Park is located on the comtinental divide of the volcanic Cordillera Central, from 1.500 metres a.s.l. on the Caribbean side to 2.300 metres a.s.l. on the Pacific side.

Poas is a Andesitic balsaltic stratovolcano that towers 2.708 metres above sea level. It has breathtaking scenery and is one of the three volcanoes on the American continent that is accessible by road. Poas crater is the second crater of the world as regards the diameter (it has 1,5 kms of diameter). At the bottom there is a circular hot lake. Two other craters are named Von Frantzius (the oldest in the massif) and Botos.

The park presents four major habitats: an area of arrayans, a stunted forest, a cloud forest and areas with little or no vegetation. Small animal life is scarse. But some of 79 species of birds can be observed, among others yguirros, b;ack guan, quetzal, green toucan, flame-throated warbler.


 
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