Costa Rica National Park

COSTA RICA INAUGURATES QUETZALES NATIONAL PARK

The Quetzales National Park in Costa Rica was recently opened in the country with an area of over 9,884 acres in the Talamanca hills in order to preserve its oak tree forests, cloud forests, highlands, valuable water sources, as well as the area’s wildlife habitats and quetzal repopulation.The Quetzal National Park will entail some thirty national parks, biological reserves, wildlife reserves, monuments and recreational areas, public as well as private, which in whole cover more than 25% of Costa Rica.It is specifically located in the Talamanca hills, at the head of the Savegre River between Providencia and San Gerardo de Dota, some 49.7 miles (80 km) from San José.It resembles Garajonay National Park, on the Canary Islands in Spain, by offering similar waterway properties.The land in the Quetzal area of Costa Rica has three distinct forests, 14 ecosystems, and especially rich flora and fauna.Its 7 different altitudes explain its biological diversity. There are some 25 different local species, 116 types of mammals and wetlands such as seasonal lagoons from the glacial era.But undoubtedly, the park’s greatest attraction is the Quetzal, with its green and red plumage, which makes it one of the most beautiful birds of the Costa Rica.In addition, you can see pumas, coyotes, tapirs, jaguars, agootis and cacomitxles, among other species of animals.