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Situated on the Caribbean, between <\/b>Puerto Lim\u00f3n\u00a0and San Jose,\u00a0Braulio Carrillo National Park\u00a0is a\u00a0National Park\u00a0of the\u00a0Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area. This park\u00a0\u00a0is named after the third president of Costa Rica. This park is considered as the second largest park of the Costa Rica.\u00a0The park includes different sleeping volcanoes like Cerro Cacho Negro, Cerros las Tres Marias and Cerro Chompipe.<\/p>\n

Way to the Park:<\/h3>\n
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\"Braulio<\/a>If you take a car you will have to drive from San Jose<\/a> and follow the Guapiles Highway (32) headed northeast.\u00a0There are two main park entrances that charge a fee of $7. The main ranger station, Zurqui, which also has an information center. This is most popular and easiest station which is\u00a0on the right side of the road, just north of the tunnel.\u00a0The other main entrance is Puesto Carrillo ranger station, which is also along the highway, \u00a026 miles from San Jose. An\u00a0aerial tram is available is available inside the park which let the visitors reach the\u00a0\u00a0heights up to 170 ft (52 m) as it glides through the forest with as many as four passengers at a time.<\/div>\n
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Ranger Stations:<\/h3>\n
There is another ranger station ‘Barva’ which is easiest to access by\u00a0exiting San Jose via Heredia, then continuing north to Birri, Porrosati, Barva and Sacramento on 114. This\u00a0station is two miles northeast of Sacramento on a dirt trail. From San Jose it takes only 40 minutes to reach the Braulio Carrillo National Park.<\/div>\n

If you take a public bus then it will be going\u00a0to Guapiles, Siquirres, or Puerto Viejo will pass the Zurqui Ranger Station where you can pay the entrance fee and then\u00a0proceed to the hiking trails.\u00a0Buses depart from the Gran Caribe Terminal at Calle Central and Avenidas 15\/17 in San Jose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Climate:<\/h3>\n

Annual rainfall of the\u00a0Braulio Carrillo National Park is\u00a04,500-8000 mm \u00a0and the temperature ranges\u00a0from 59\u00ba F in the high altitudes to 90\u00ba F.<\/p>\n

Flora & Fauna:<\/h3>\n

\"white<\/a>Barva Volcano<\/a>, an active volcano, is the highest peak within the park.\u00a0The cloud forest\u00a0near this active volcano is home to a variety of frog and toad species, including strawberry poison arrow frogs, red-eyed tree frogs and the currently endangered\u00a0Bufo holdridgei\u00a0toad. There are about 6,000 plant species in the park. While hiking you will enjoy watching\u00a0howler monkeys, spider and white-faced monkeys and also coatimundis. This park is also home to\u00a0the different species of birds including gold finches, hummingbirds, scarlet-rumpled tanagers, and resplendent quetzals and this\u00a0will attracts the bird watchers. You will also spot some mammals like jaguars, white-faced monkeys, coati, peccaries, raccoons, deer and tapir inside the protected zone of the park.<\/p>\n

Lodging:<\/h3>\n

In\u00a0Braulio Carrillo National Park there are no reliable accommodations but you can go for a\u00a0easy day trip from San Jose or a great place to stop on your way to Limon and the Caribbean beaches.<\/p>\n

It will be best to\u00a0view volcano craters is early in the morning before they are obscured by mist and clouds, so you could visit one before heading to Braulio Carrillo National Park<\/p>\n

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Situated on the Caribbean, between Puerto Lim\u00f3n\u00a0and San Jose,\u00a0Braulio Carrillo National Park\u00a0is a\u00a0National Park\u00a0of the\u00a0Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area. This park\u00a0\u00a0is named after the third president of Costa Rica. This park is considered as the second largest park of the Costa Rica.\u00a0The park includes different sleeping volcanoes like Cerro Cacho Negro, Cerros las Tres Marias and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-parks","last_archivepost"],"yoast_head":"\nBraulio Carrillo National Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Braulio Carrillo National Park is a National Park of the Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area. 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