This national park protects 11´938 hectares (29´500 acres) of mostly untouched humid lowland rainforest along the Caribbean slopes of the Talamanca Mountain Range. It is part of the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, created by UNESCO in 1982 as a “world heritage site” to protect important ecological systems in Costa Rica and Panama.
Chirripó National Park is home to Costa Rica's tallest mountain, Mt. Chirripó, which rises to 3´820m (12´533ft). Positioned in the heart of the Talamanca Mountain Range in south-central Costa Rica, the 50´150-hectare (123´923 acre) national park offers some of the greatest ecological diversity in the country,
The Tapantí National Park protects large forested areas in the northern Talamanca Mountain Range, including Cerro de la Muerte. The park covers 48km2 (18mi2) of untouched cloud forest at elevations that vary from 1´220 to 2´438m (4´000 to 8´000ft).
At the end of the 19th century, the area around the town of Puriscal, in west-central Costa Rica, was described as a “Garden of Eden” for its fertile grounds. La Cangreja National Park is one of the last remaining pieces of virgin forest in this region.
The Turrialba Volcano National Park is located by the town of Turrialba at the southeast end of the Central Volcanic Corridor. After being dormant for more than 100 years, the Turrialba Volcano (3´328m / 10´919ft) increased its activity in 2014, and especially during 2016.
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