Main natural attractions Tourism in Costa Rica




1 main natural attractions

1.1 national parks , biological reserves
1.2 volcanoes
1.3 beaches
1.4 7 natural wonders of costa rica





main natural attractions
national parks , biological reserves


in 2009 more 1.2 million tourists visited national parks , protected wild reserves, 812 thousand visitors in 2000 , 510 thousand in 1990. since 2003 more half visitors international tourists. visited parks manuel antonio, tortuguero, cahuita, , parks around volcanoes poás, arenal , irazú.


other favorite national parks , wild reserves are:



cocos island, unesco world heritage site, ranked among final top 77 nominees in contest choose world s new 7 wonders of nature.
area de conservación guanacaste, unesco world heritage site,
la amistad international park, unesco world heritage site, border costa rica-panama
corcovado national park
chirripó national park
tapantí national park
braulio carrillo national park
la selva biological station, organization tropical studies (private reserve)
monteverde cloud forest reserve, monteverde, puntarenas (private reserve)

volcanoes


poás volcano @ poas volcano national park, alajuela.
irazú volcano @ irazu national park, cartago.
arenal volcano @ arenal national park, alajuela.
turrialba volcano, @ turrialba volcano national park, cartago.
tenorio volcano national park, popular rio celeste (light blue river) located, guanacaste.
rincón de la vieja @ rincón de la vieja volcano national park, guanacaste.

beaches

see list of beaches of costa rica



manuel antonio beach @ manuel antonio national park, listed forbes in 2011 among world s 12 beautiful national parks.
cahuita beach @ cahuita national park, limón
puerto viejo de talamanca, limón
manzanillo beach, limón
gandoca beach, limón
tamarindo beach, guanacaste
playa junquillal, guanacaste
flamingo beach, guanacaste
conchal beach, guanacaste
jaco beach, puntarenas
herradura beach, puntarenas
montezuma beach, puntarenas
zancudo beach, puntarenas

seven natural wonders of costa rica

elected in 2007 costa ricans through open contest organized leading newspaper 7 natural wonders of costa rica, these natural sites among popular destinations both foreign , domestic tourists, exception of cocos island, not accessed, because located in pacific ocean, approximately 550 km (340 mi) pacific shore of costa rica.









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