Manuel Antonio National
Park, Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio Park is located in the pacific beaches of Costa
Rica,157 kilometers from San José by road and 7 kilometers of Quepos.
The
park was created by means of the Law No. 5100, of November 15,1972.
Has an extension of 682.7 hectares inland and 55.000 hectares in the
sea.
The
beach in the park is a most see attraction in Costa Rica.
There
is nature everywhere; lots of white-faced monkeys jumping from tree to
tree along the beach. Slow-moving sloths with its lazy movements turn
their look at visitors from the tree-tops, iguanas resting on the
forest floor or taking a sun-bath on the logs at the beach, you will
have a chance to see all of them in the wild along the trails and the
beach around Manuel Antonio Park in Quepos.
“Manuel Antonio Park offers the perfect combination of Costa Rica's
best terrains: warm, jade-green waves lap at the roots of a lush
tropical forest.”
For a
guided visit to Manuel Antonio Park, please visit our
Manuel
Antonio Park Tour.
Scientist and researchers have identified, 10 species of sponge, 17 of
algae, 78 of fish, 19 of coral, 24 of crustaceans, 109 species of
mammals and 184 species of birds. Among marine birds are brown
pelicans, magnificent frigate birds and brown boobies. Land birds
include parrots, Baird’s trogons, green kingfishers, gray-headed
chachalacas, and golden-masked tanagers.
