COSTA RICA

LOCAL PEOPLE IN CAHUITA

Cahuita. A town at the entrance to the national park with the same name. There are low, wooden tchathed houses. From the Limon side a few small hotels stands. (It was linked with Limon by the road in 1979).

Till 1915 it was named The Bluff. The current Cahuita name derives from Indian language and consists of two words: cawi (a wood with red bark used for boats making) and ta (point).

PROVINCE OF LIMON