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Manuel Antonio National Park Tour Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio National Park Costa Rica: tour rate & Location
Tour RATE |
US$ 65,°° per person. |
Tour LOCATION |
90 minute drive from Jaco beach; Quepos. |
Manuel Antonio National Park Costa Rica: tour description
Manuel Antonio National Park is a small biological oasis weighted down under the pressure of many and conflicting local enterprises such as: agriculture, livestock and a highly developed tourism. This national park contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. This humid tropical forest is home to many species of flora and fauna that are in danger of extinction. At one time, much of this area was logged using a system called selective extraction to cut high quality lumber without clearcutting. Now, these areas of the forest are in a regeneration process.
Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio is situated in a Humid Tropical Forest life zone. It protects primary and secondary forests, mangroves, beach vegetation and marine resources. The most characteristic species of flora in the primary forest are the "guácimo colorado", bully tree, cedar, locust "surá", black locust a tree in danger of extintion, cow tree, "madroño", "cenizaro" and silk cotton tree. The mangrove swamp which covers 18 hectares (44.5 acres) is composed of three species: red mangrove, buttonwood mangrove and white mangrove. The beach vegetation consists mainly of manzanillo, which produces a milky extract, latex and poisonous berries; almond, tree mayflower and coconut. Within the wildlife. some of the most common but impressive species are the raccoon, white-nosed coaties, agouties, the two-toed sloth, white-faced capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys (a subspecies of the park, which is in danger of extinction due to the destruction of its habitat and its exploitation as mascot). In this area you can also observe birds such as the "tucancillo", Brown Pelican. Laughing Falcon, Black-collared Hawk, Green Kingfisher and the Northern Jacana. Iguanas, snakes and thousands of insects also abound.
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