Tachiz Travel Costa Rica

Monday, July 2, 2012

Tapanti National Park



Tapantí National Park is located in the northeast corner of the Cordillera de Talamanca.

This is one of the rainiest areas of the country, with rates from 6,500 to 8,000 mm of rain make a normal level, with torrential rains from March to August, usually in the afternoon.

This park contains two major life zones, the forest and lower montane forest pre-mountain.

Here you can identify over 45 species of mammals, among which the tapirs, deer, monkeys and skunks.

Have also identified about 260 species of birds, dominated the most common hawks, parrots and hummingbirds. Furthermore, we have identified 28 species of reptiles such as toads, frogs, snakes and salamanders.

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