Wildlife Reserve sights in Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge

1. Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge

   • Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
   • Sights › Wildlife reserve

   Located on the Pacific coast 3km northeast of Dominical on the road to Quepos, this wildlife refuge forms a key link in a major biological corridor called ‘the Path of the Tapir.’ It comprises more than 330 hectares of private and state-owned land that has been protected from hunting since 1976. The range of tropical habitats that may be observed here include pristine beaches, riverbanks, mangrove estuaries, wetlands, selectively logged forests, secondary forests, primary forests, tree plantations and pastures.

   This diversity of habitat plus its key position in the Path of the Tapir biological corridor accounts for the multitude of species that have been identified in…

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