Costa Rica's national parks and preserves are world famous for their beauty and biodiversity. Traveler's will want to have this reference to get the most from their time in this gorgeous country.
Costa Rica's national parks and preserves are world famous for their beauty and biodiversity. Traveler's will want to have this reference to get the most from their time in this gorgeous country.
Color photographs and overview map
Compact, portable format
* Handy trip-finder with categories such as snorkeling/scuba, multi-day backpacking, sea kayaking, indigenous culture, and archeological/historical interest
Costa Rica is famous for its incredible biodiversity, which draws naturalists, explorers, and hikers from every corner of the globe. With complete profiles of forty-six accessible parks and preserves, including five newly protected areas, Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves, 3rd Ed. guides visitors through this unique, exotic terrain. Explorers will find descriptions of hikes, nature walks, and water trails, plus information on each park's facilities, attractions, and history. Thoroughly updated, sidebars on flora and fauna are new to this edition, accompanied by beautiful illustrations to help readers identify different species. A complete planning section details when to go, what to expect, what to bring, and what health precautions to take.
JOSEPH FRANKE is a biologist, educator, and consultant on biological resource issues. BARBARA GLEASON of BGleason Design & Illustration is a professional illustrator and designer who specializes in natural science images. View her work at
Costa Rica is famous for its incredible biodiversity,which draws naturalists, explorers, and hikers from everycorner of the globe. With complete profiles of forty-sixaccessible parks and preserves, including five newlyprotected areas, Costa Rica's National Parks andPreserves guides visitors through this unique, exoticterrain. Explorers will find descriptions of hikes,nature walks, and water trails, plus information on eachpark's facilities, attractions, and history. Thoroughlyupdated, sidebars on flora and fauna are new to thisedition, accompanied by beautiful illustrations to helpreaders identify different species. A complete planningsection details when to go, what to expect, what tobring, and what health precautions to take.
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