Barra del Colorado

Created the 26 of July of 1985, it is wild area is located in the North Caribbean, in the forntera with Republic of Nicaragua. Sandal 50km of coast and 78,977 you have of fluvial channels, lagoons, rivers, islands, forests, marshes and hills (old volcanic cones); all these places with inferior altitudes to 230m.


The climate is very I smoke and warms up, without dry station. Rain is abundant throughout the year, but there is a sensible reduction in the pluvial activity in the course of the month of March.

The annual average temperature oscillates of 26 to 28 degrees Celsius. A fluvial channel of 78km of length communicates the South limit of the refuge with the Port of Moín. An intense and permanent pluvial activity precipitates of 5,500 to 6,000 mm of water per year, flooding the plain, already of in case saturated by waters of the rivers San Juan, Colorado and Chirripó.

The area surrounding Barra del Colorado is quite swampy making walking here extremely difficult. The best way to see town and the refuge itself is by boat. There is also a small ranger station of the park near town. However, there are no facilities here.

From Barra del Colorado, you can also head on into Nicaragua by boat. If you plan on taking a boat ride near the Nicaraguan border, be sure to carry your passport, as you are likely to be stopped and checked by police from time to time.