National Parks of Costa Rica

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Santa Rosa The Santa Rosa National Park is located in the province of Guanacaste, North Pacific, in north of the city of Liberia. It is one of the most important historic areas of the country; house and stone corrals were the scene of the largest national heroic gesture: The Battle of Santa Rosa, March 20, 1856. The park is important for the protection of the habitats of the region known as the Pacific Dry climate.

Manuel Antonio This wilderness area is located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, in the province of Puntarenas. It has an area of 682.7 hectares in the ground and 55,000 acres in the marina. It is one of the largest national parks in the country's scenic beauty. It is the wild area that receives much national and international tourism. Another important attraction is the tropical rainforest inhabited by species of flora and fauna in danger of extinction, such as the tití monkey.

Arenal Arenal National Park is located in the North Region, north of the Sierra de Tilarán. It belongs to the cantons of Tilarán, San Carlos and San Ramon. Protect important species of flora and fauna characteristics of the rain forest and cloud forest premontane valuable scientific and tourism.

Coco Island

The island is regarded as a natural laboratory for the study of the evolution of species. Cocos Island is a territory rich landscape and a true laboratory for the study of nature. Many ferns, bromeliads, rivers, creeks and waterfalls, valleys, cliffs and islands frequented by countless seabirds and place of nesting gulls.