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Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge |
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| Size: 5,303 hectares Distance from San José: 241 kilometers Trails: Yes. Dry Season: February, March, June, September and October. |
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| Gandoca-Manzanillo
Wildlife Refuge located about 12 kilometers southeast of Puerto
Viejo, and just south of the small village of Manzanillo on Costa
Rica’s Caribbean Coast is one of the most beautiful and scenic
sites in the country. Fine sandy beaches, gentle waves, coral
reefs near the surface of the sea all make this region a paradise
for nature lovers and underwater enthusiasts.
The terrain of the refuge is flat to gently rolling with the hills consisting of sedimentary rocks formed by the River Banano no higher than 100 meters above sea level.
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Creatures found on the reef include lobsters, sponges, red and black urchins, green anemones, crabs, hydroids, sea cucumbers, shrimp and on occasion green turtles. |
| The refuge protects many
species of animals that are either endangered such as the crocodile
and the tapir, or whose population has been reduced dramatically
like the cayman, pacas, keel-billed toucans, and ornate hawk-eagles.
There are also mammals such as the tapir, rodents and manatees, as well as other large lizards and snakes. |
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