Chirripo National Park |
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Caribbean |
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Limon |
| Creation Date | Aug-30-1975 |
| Area | 50849 ha |
| Category | National Park |
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Atractions and Services |
| Information | Nature Tours | Sights |
| Toilets | Showers | Water |
| Refuge | Horses | Lodging |
| Waterfalls | Rivers | Birds |
| Mamals | Orchids | Lakes |
| Ferns | Moss | Cloud Forest |
| Rain Forest | Desert |
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Decree |
| Law #5773 Aug-30-1975 Creac. D.E. #13496-A Apr-29-1982 Ampl. Law #6794 Dic-27-1988 D.E. #20660-mirenem Sept-10-1991 D.E. #21199-mirenem Apr-23-1992 (It changes to P.N. Talamanca) | Location |
| Conservation Area La Amistad - Pacific (Acla-p) | Brief History |
| It was established 30 of August 1975 by creation of Law Nº5773. It covers an area of 50849 hectares | Detailed Location |
| It's located in the Mountain range of Talamanca, 20km to the northwest of San Isidro de El General | Main Plants |
| In the Chirripó it is predominatly desert, in which the vegetation is stocky, and no higher than 4m. Another life zone is of cloudy , humid and cold forest, that displays encino and oak trees that have heights of up to 50 meters, always green stocky glass and with acorns like fruit. It is characterized by a high content of ferns, mosses, bromelias, palms and orchids distributed in different layers from the forest. | Main Animals |
| Among the animals that are found are peccary, squirrels, pumas, jaguars, mooses, rabbits, coyotes, toads, frogs and a great variety of birds like finches, hummingbird, mosqueritos among others. In the superior part of the park are five areas of great geologic and biological importance and where beauty of the landscape exist : the Savannah of the Lions, the Valley of the Rabbits, the Chirripó Hill, the Valley of moraines and the Valley of the Lakes. | Main Attractions |
| In the park are located the highest mountain of the country, the Chirripó hill of 3.820m on the level of the sea. According to the testimony of some natives, he was Father Agustín Blessing, Missionary of Talamanca, the first white man who conquered the summit in 1904. One of the discoveries more interesting than has become in Chirripó, is the one of the varied forms glaciers in form of "U "that testify the passage of great ice languages not beyond 2 or 3km of extension, whose action dates from about 25000 years ago. The highest parts present/display the best panoramic Vista of the country. In a cleared day the oceans Atlantic and Pacific can be observed. There the strong winds, frosts, drizzles and the abrupt changes of temperature are frequent, to so extreme that lowest registered in the Chirripó and the country, it has been of 9° degrees Celsius. | Facilities and Services |
| Senderos | Contact |
| Ministry of the Atmosphere and Energy Area of Conservation the Pacific Friendship National Park Chirripó San Isidro de Perez Zeledón: 771-4836, 771-5116, The 771-3155 Crestones: 770-8040 Telefax: 771-3297 |
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