A Hike Through Cahuita National Park

Cahuita National Park is a destiny, where the warm turquoise waters fuse with white sand beaches and a splendour of green jungle. In 1970 it was declared a National Monument with the purpose of protecting the tropical flora and fauna, the coral reefs and several marine ecosystems. Cahuita’s National Park is dedicated to the conservation of species and also used for recreation. It is catalogued as Humid Tropical Forest, according to Holdridge’s classification of life zones. It has several important habitats such as the swamp lands, which are in most of Punta Cahuita’s lands and lodges species like the cativos, the Banak tree or the mangrove; or coastal vegetation, with abundance of coconut palms, almond trees and beach grapes. The fauna is varied; Howler monkeys and White-faced Capuchino monkeys, raccoons, sloths, white-nosed coati, otters, caimans and the dendrobate frogs are common. Among birds they are frequent the ibis, the kingfisher, the Common black hawk and the woodpecker. Its coral reef is one of the most important ones in Costa Rica, it fans out from Punta Cahuita, between Perezoso River and Puerto Vargas. It isn’t very deep, around 1 meter near the coastline up to 10 meters in some canals, and up to 15 meters on its external zone. They have identified 35 coral species, 44 crustacean species, and 123 fish species. Among the atoll the Coral Eduardo are exceptional snorkelling points. Between the beach and the forest you have a natural trail of 7 km with easy access that connects the two entrances of the park, Playa blanca and Puerto Vargas, where you find the park’s administration office and a camping zone with showers and dressing rooms. In Puerto Vargas you still see the remains of a dock built in 1921 for transporting people and goods, pricipally wood. In your visit I recommend you to take light clothes, long pants, bathing suit, camera, plenty of water and snorkelling gear.
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Beautiful. I miss being there.