La Cangreja National Park
Encyclopedia
La Cangreja National Park, until 2002 the Cerro de la Cangreja Protected Zone, 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
.
Park-related websites dedicated to tourism, such as those advertising shelters, promote visits from tourists and foreigners. However, many of these places do not take tourists to visit the park; individuals "use" the name of the park to attract tourism for their own economic benefit, rather than the park's.
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
in the 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...
located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
that protects tropical forest in the Puriscal Canton
Puriscal Canton
Puriscal is the name of the 4th canton in the province of San José, Costa Rica. In Spanish, a "puriscal" is the flower of the common bean...
region of the Cordillera de Talamanca
Cordillera de Talamanca
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in the La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two countries....
.
Park-related websites dedicated to tourism, such as those advertising shelters, promote visits from tourists and foreigners. However, many of these places do not take tourists to visit the park; individuals "use" the name of the park to attract tourism for their own economic benefit, rather than the park's.