List Of National Parks Of Costa Rica

In 2023 thirty National Parks of Costa Rica are managed under the umbrella of SINAC (Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion), a department of Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment and Energy ( MINAE). All told, Costa Rica's protected areas, including national parks, encompass more than 25% of the country's total land area. Many of these protected areas are national parks.

Costa Rica's progressive policies on environmental protection and sustainable ecotourism in the National Parks System have been lauded as a model for other countries. The rainforests, tropical forests, marine areas and wetlands of Costa Rica are the subject of many university and scientific organization studies. The enrichment of the world's knowledge of these important habitats is an invaluable contribution from the National Parks System of Costa Rica.

The Cordillera de Talamanca is home to an impressive collection of national parks and other preserved areas, including the La Amistad International Park, which extends into Panama. On the southern Osa Peninsula is the internationally renowned Corcovado National Park, which preserves a remnant of sizeable lowland tropical rainforest that is unique in the world. Manuel Antonio National Park was listed by Forbes in 2011 among the world's 12 most beautiful national parks.

The Camino de Costa Rica is a 280 km long hiking trail across Costa Rica. It runs from the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean coast), the southernmost part of the Tortuguero Canals, up the mountain and through indigenous territory near the Barbilla National Park and through valleys and mountain ranges of the central region of the country, just south of the Turrialba and Irazu Volcanos and through the Los Santos coffee region down to the Pacific coast in Quepos.

National parks of Costa Rica

Number of visitors to parks

Photographs

image:Arenal Volcano.jpg, Arenal Volcano National Park.
Image:Uvita strand.jpg, Uvita Beach, Ballena Marine National Park.
image:RioDantas.JPG, Dantas River, Barbilla National Park.
image:CtenosauraSimilis.jpg, Black Iguanas in Barra Honda National Park.
image:Costa Rica - Parc national Braulio Carrillo 02.jpg, A stream polluted by volcanic sulfur in Braulio Carrillo National Park.
image:Cahuita national park, Costa Rica.jpg, Cahuita National Park.
image:Scarlet-Macaw-cr.jpg, Scarlet Macaw in Carara National Park.
image:Lagos Las Morenas.JPG, Lakes formed by glaciers above timberline in Chirripó National Park.
image:Isla del Coco-chatham beach.jpg, Cocos Island National Park.
image:Tapir in Costa Rica.jpg, A tapir in Corcovado National Park.
image:Guanacaste National Park in Costa Rica.jpg, Hiking in Guanacaste National Park.
image:Main Crater Irazu volcano CRI 01 2020 1512.jpg, Main crater at Irazú National Park.
image:Parque Nacional La Cangreja, Costa Rica.jpg, Cangreja National Park.
image:Tortuga lora.JPG, Sea turtle at Las Baulas Marine National Park.
image:Pharomachrus mocinno - Parque Nacional Los Quetzales 01.jpg, A quetzal in Los Quetzales National Park.
image:Central American Squirrel Monkey 3.jpeg, central american squirrel monkey in Manuel Antonio National Park.
image:Miravalles volcano.jpg, Miravalles volcano in Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park.
image:Jacana spinosa -Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica-8.jpg, Northern Jacana at Palo Verde National Park.
image:Poas crater-2.jpg, Poas crater at Poás Volcano National Park.
image:Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica steam pool 0016.jpg, A hot spring at Rincon de la Vieja National Park.
image:Jeti 1.jpg, San Lucas Island National Park.
image:Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) (5771866925).jpg, Collared trogon in Tapantí National Park.
image:Tenorio Volcano Nationalpark, Costa Rica — bright blue paradise fantasy waterfall—2021.jpg, Tenorio Volcano National Park.
image:Turrialba Volcano (16906982246).jpg, Turriaba Volcano National Park.

See also

* Conservation in Costa Rica

References

*Franke, Joseph (1993). "Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves".

External links

SINAC official site
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Map and Introduction of Costa Rica National Parks



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