NATIONAL PARKS:
Tapanti National Park  |
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Tapanti National Park
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(6.080 ha). It`s situated in the Orosi district, in Cartago
province. Most of it is surrounded by The Macho River Forest Reserve. It possesses two life zones: lower montane
rain forests (lower mountain slopes), and premontane rain forests (lowlands
skirting th4e lower slopes). Among the 260 species of birds, quetzals, sparrow-hawk,
guan, dove, parakeet, Montezuma oropendola, "tangara" and several types of
finches and hummingbirds can be found. The most typical vegetation of the area includes oaks,
magnolias, iras, alders, monkeyapple, bromeliads, mosses, ferns and the poor
man`s umbrellas.
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