Cabo Blanco National Park

General Information
Since 1963, after being declared a protected area, a natural regeneration of the forest took place. Visitors may appreciate the way nature has reconstructed the forest.

Absolute Reserve Cabo Blanco is much more than a monument to human hope; it is a good example of nature in the search of its own balance. It has an extension of 1,272 Hectares (land) and 1,700 Hectares (marine area).


Location
It is located on the southern end of the Nicoya Peninsula, at the Northern Pacific coast, 18 Km. from Cobano and 11 Km. from the tourist village of Montezuma, at the Cobano district, province of Puntarenas. It belongs to the Tempisque Conservation Area.

Main attractives
Basicly, the reserve comprises two kinds of forest: primary forest, the area’s original forest, and secondary forest, the regenerated forest. 140 tree species can be found at the reserve, such us anacardium excelsum, licania platypus, brosimum costaricanum and luehea seemannii.
Fauna is varied and includes squirrels, brocket deer, howler monkeys, raccoons and kinkajous, among others.

There are also many marine birds, such as pelicans, curassows and crested guan. Huge populations of fish, crayfish and mollusks represent marine fauna.
Besides, it hosts the Cabo Blanco Island, a great rock that emerges from the sea, located 1,600 meters from the southern end of the peninsula.

Services
General information; public toilets; drinking water, and researchers's lodging facilities are provided.

The Costa Rica National Park System protects more than 25 % of Costa Rica