Nicoya Peninsula - Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco
Including the entire southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, this attractive reserve encompasses 1,172ha/2,895ac of land and 1,790ha/4,421ac of the surrounding ocean. The reserve was established in 1963 when the land was donated to Costa Rica from the late Olof Wessenberg and Karen Morgenson, years before a national park system was created in the country.
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Cabo Blanco is Costa Rica's oldest protected area and was called an "absolute" nature reserve because no visitors were permitted until the late 1980s. Today, there are many hiking trails through the reserve offering excellent opportunities for wildlife observation.
Cabo Blanco preserves an evergreen forest where monkeys, squirrels, sloths, deer, raccoons and the elusive margay and ocelot have been spotted. Forest birds include the parrot and trogon. The coastal area and two beaches at the tip of the peninsula offer frigatebird, booby, and pelican observation.
Marine life such as starfish, urchins, tropical fish and crabs are abundant. Cabo Blanco Island, 1.6km/1mi south of the mainland, is a nesting site of the brown booby. Elevation in the reserve reaches 375m/1,230ft, so some trails are steep and strenuous to climb.
Cabo Blanco preserves an evergreen forest where monkeys, squirrels, sloths, deer, raccoons and the elusive margay and ocelot have been spotted. Forest birds include the parrot and trogon. The coastal area and two beaches at the tip of the peninsula offer frigatebird, booby, and pelican observation.
Marine life such as starfish, urchins, tropical fish and crabs are abundant. Cabo Blanco Island, 1.6km/1mi south of the mainland, is a nesting site of the brown booby. Elevation in the reserve reaches 375m/1,230ft, so some trails are steep and strenuous to climb.
