Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area

Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area

Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific side of the Continental Divide. It contains several National Parks, and a number Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.

Protected areas

* La Amistad International Park (shared with Panama and Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area)
* Chirripó National Park
* Tapantí National Park
* Río Macho Forest Reserve
* Las Tablas Protected Zone
* Rio Navarro-Rio Sombrero Protected Zone
* Joseph Steve Friedman Wildlife Refuge
* San Vito Wetlands
* Palustrino Laguna del Paraguas Wetlands

External links

* [http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/pacificlaamistadconservationarea.html Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area] at Costa Rica National Parks site


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