RESERVA NATURAL ABSOLUTA CABO BLANCO

In the late 1960s, the Cabo Blanco reserve was the first in Costa Rica's national park development program. A Swedish biologist, aware of the problem of deforestation, encouraged the creation of this "absolute" reserve, most of which is accessible only to scientists. It is therefore impossible to camp there. The name of this point of the peninsula comes from the whitish deposit of guano on the rocks of the tiny island, off the reserve. Indeed, many birds frequent the area. Last entrance at 11 am for the trail of Playa Cabo Blanco. It takes about 4 or 5 hours to walk this trail and back. The trek in the forest until the beach is intense (think of taking water!) but we arrive on a beautiful stretch of deserted sand, with a hammock which stretches us the arms and pelicans as company. For the less enduring, two other shorter circuits are proposed. Two loops (one of an hour and a half and the other of 30 minutes) in order to observe part of the flora of the park and hope to admire some animals passing by since the reserve shelters a great diversity of species, in particular the capuchins, the howler monkeys, and the anteaters, among others. We were even told that it was possible to see boas constrictors... Probably one of the most authentic parks in Costa Rica, even if the result is not always up to the visitor's expectations.