Curi Cancha Wildlife Reserve

Curi Cancha Wildlife Reserve
A clearing in the reserve
Curi Cancha Wildlife Reserve is located in Costa Rica
Curi Cancha Wildlife Reserve
Location within Costa Rica
LocationPuntarenas, Costa Rica
Coordinates10°18′23″N 84°48′07″W / 10.3064°N 84.802°W / 10.3064; -84.802[1]
Area187 acres (0.76 km2)
Established1997
Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Curi Cancha Wildlife Reserve is a private wildlife Reserve in the central part of Costa Rica, and protects cloud forest in the Cordillera de Tilarán near Juntas.

The Reserve entrance is about a kilometer before the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. The lower portion is drier, with few epiphytes, but the upper portion is cloud forest. While the forest is not quite so pristine as Monteverde, the most spectacular birds are much easier to see. The reserve is particularly good for the resplendent quetzal, the most sought-after bird of the cloud forest. The reserve is also a good place to find keel-billed toucan, Lesson's motmot, collared trogon, and three-toed sloth, as well as monkeys.

This picture shows the welcome sign at Curi-Cancha Wildlife Reserve in Monteverde, Costa Rica. It says "Welcome to Curi-Cancha Reserve, Monteverde-Costa Rica www.curi-cancha.com. In the background is a large strangler fig. The sign is bright green and shaped like a leaf. There is also a small painting of a pretty songbird.
The welcome sign at Curi-Cancha in front of a large ficus tree.

References

  1. ↑ "Curi Cancha National Wildlife Refuge". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ↑ "Curi Cancha National Wildlife Refuge". protectedplanet.net.
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