List of Conservation Areas of Costa Rica

Conservation Areas

1. Guanacaste Conservation Area
   Guanacaste Conservation Area
   Guanacaste Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northwestern part of Costa Rica. It contains three National Parks, as well as wildlife refuges and other nature reserves...
   
   , including Santa Rosa
   Santa Rosa National Park
   Santa Rosa National Park, in Spanish the , is a National Park, part of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage site, in the northern western part of Costa Rica, originally created to protect the scene of the Battle of Santa Rosa, at its eastern edge lies the Interamerican Highway where...
   
   , Rincón de la Vieja
   Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park
   Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park, in Spanish , part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area and the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, is a National Park in the northwestern part of Costa Rica which encompasses the Rincón de la Vieja and Santa María volcanoes, as well as the...
   
    and Guanacaste
   Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica)
   Guanacaste National Park, in Spanish , is part of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, is a National Park in the northern part of Costa Rica, from the slopes of the Orosí and Cacao volcanoes west to the Interamerican Highway where it is adjacent to the Santa Rosa National Park....
   
    National Parks
2. Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area
   Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area
   Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northern part of Costa Rica. It contains a National Park, and number of Wildlife refuges and Forest Reserves...
   
    including the Juan Castro Blanco National Park
   Juan Castro Blanco National Park
   Juan Castro Blanco National Park is a National Park, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica about 100 km north of San José, to the east of Ciudad Quesada in Alajuela Province. It contains the active Platanar Volcano as well as the dormant Porvenir...
   
   
3. Central Volcanic Conservation Area
   Central Volcanic Conservation Area
   Central Volcanic Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the central part of Costa Rica, notably the volcanic areas of the Cordillera Central...
   
    including the Braulio Carrillo
   Braulio Carrillo National Park
   Braulio Carrillo National Park is a National Park of the Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area in Costa Rica located on the eastern edge of the central volcanic corridor between San José and Puerto Limón. It is accessible from the Guápiles Highway, which bisects the park running roughly east-west,...
   
   , Irazú Volcano
   Irazú Volcano National Park
   Irazú Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the ', is a National Park in the Central Volcanic Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Irazú Volcano in Cartago Province which incorporates what used to be the Ruben Torres Rojas Forest Reserve now called the Prusia Forest...
   
   , Poás Volcano
   Poás Volcano National Park
   Poás Volcano National Park, in Spanish , is a National Park that covers an area of approximately 16,000 acres ; the summit is 8,900 feet . One of the attractive features about Poás is that you can get all the way to the edge of the crater...
   
    and Turrialba Volcano
   Turrialba Volcano National Park
   Turrialba Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the ' is a National Park in the Central Volcanic Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Turrialba Volcano in Cartago Province...
   
    National Parks as well as the Guayabo National Monument
   Guayabo National Monument
   Guayabo National Monument is a national monument in the Central Volcanic Conservation Area in the Cartago Province of Costa Rica that covers the largest archaeological site in the country...
   
   
4. Tortuguero Conservation Area
   Tortuguero Conservation Area
   Tortuguero Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northeastern part of Costa Rica...
   
    including Tortuguero National Park
   Tortuguero National Park
   Tortuguero National Park is a National Park within the Tortuguero Conservation Area. The reserve is also included in the Humedal Caribe Noreste, a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The park is located in the Limón Province of northeastern Costa Rica...
   
   
5. Tempisque Conservation Area
   Tempisque Conservation Area
   Tempisque Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the western part of Costa Rica, including the Tempisque River valley and the Nicoya Peninsula...
   
    including Barra Honda
   Barra Honda National Park
   Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about 12 km from the Tempisque River. It was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the Barra Honda Peak which was formed when islets from the...
   
   , Las Baulas
   Las Baulas National Marine Park
   The Las Baulas National Marine Park, also the Playa Grande Marine Turtle National Park or in Spanish is a Nature Reserve of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, and covers approximately 54,000 acres marine near the town of Tamarindo...
   
    and Palo Verde
   Palo Verde National Park
   The Palo Verde National Park, in Spanish is a National Park of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, that contains much of the area of the valley of the Tempisque River and covers an area of 45,492 acres in Guanacaste Province, 30 km west of Canas...
   
    National Parks
6. Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area
   Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area
   Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the central part of Costa Rica, near the Arenal Volcano and covering the Cordillera de Tilarán...
   
    including the Arenal

1. Central Pacific Conservation Area
   Central Pacific Conservation Area
   Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast...
   
    including the Manuel Antonio
   Manuel Antonio National Park
   Manuel Antonio National Park, in Spanish the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and 132 km from the national capital of San José...
   
   , Carara
   Carara National Park
   Carara National Park is a National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.Carara National Park was established on April 27, 1978 as a biological reserve, but its growing popularity after 1990 forced the government to upgrade its category to...
   
    and La Cangreja
   La Cangreja National Park
   La Cangreja National Park, previously the Cerro de la Cangreja Protected Zone until 2002, is a National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica that protects tropical forest in the Puriscal Canton region of the Cordillera de Talamanca.- External...
   
    National Parks
2. 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...
   
    including Chirripó
   Chirripó National Park
   Chirripó, refers to both the name of the highest mountain in Costa Rica and the name of one of the National Parks in this country. The latter, located in the middle portion of the Talamanca Range approximately 30 km northeast from the city of San Isidro del General, protects a number of...
   
    and Tapantí
   Tapantí National Park
   Tapantí National Park, sometimes called Orosí National Park, is a National Park in the Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area of Costa Rica located on the edge of the Talamanca Range, near Cartago. It protects forests to the north of Chirripó National Park, and also contains part of the Orosí...
   
    National Parks
3. Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area
   Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area
   Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the eastern part of Costa Rica, on the Caribbean coast...
   
    including the Barbilla
   Barbilla National Park
   Barbilla National Park is a National Park in the Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area of Costa Rica located on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca...
   
    and Cahuita
   Cahuita National Park
   Cahuita National Park is a National Park in the Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area of Costa Rica located on the southern Caribbean coast in Limón Province, connected to the town of Cahuita...
   
    National Parks and La Amistad International Park
   La Amistad International Park
   The La Amistad International Park, or in Spanish , formerly the La Amistad National Park, is an international peace park in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica and Panama, following a recommendation by UNESCO after the park's inclusion in the World Heritage Site...
   
    which is shared with Panama
   Panama
   Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of both Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the...
   
    and Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area
4. Osa Conservation Area
   Osa Conservation Area
   Osa Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in Costa Rica, on the southern Pacific coast region...
   
    including Corcovado
   Corcovado National Park
   Corcovado National Park is a National Park on the Osa Peninsula in the South West of Costa Rica , which is part of the Osa Conservation Area. It was established on 24 October 1975, and encompasses an area of 425 km² . It is widely considered the crown jewel in the extensive system of national...
   
    and Piedras Blancas
   Piedras Blancas National Park
   Piedras Blancas National Park is a National Park part of the Osa Conservation Area it is found in the Puntarenas Province of southern Costa Rica near the town of La Gamba. It protects rainforests and beaches near the Golfo Dulce on the Pacific Coast. It used to operate as part of the Corcovado...
   
    National Parks
5. Cocos Island Marine Conservation Area which maintains just the Cocos Island National Park