Wildlife Refuges of Costa Rica
180 hectares (3.53%) of the national territory is set aside for wildlife refuges
What is a Wildlife Refuge?
It's simple! A geographical location where wildlife is protected. Officially designated and created by the government, wildlife refuges can be publicly or privately owned.
So bring a camera and binoculars on all your visits to any one of Costa Rica's 58 refuges!
Wildlife Refuges:(58)
- Agua Buena Wildlife Refuge
- Aviarios del Caribe Wildlife Refuge (Sloth Rescue Center)
- Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge
- Bolanos Island Wildlife Refuge
- Bosque Alegre Wildlife Refuge
- Cacyra Wildlife Refuge
- Camaronal Wildlife Refuge
- Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge
- Carate Wildlife Refuge
- Cataratas Cerro Redondo Wildlife Refuge
- Cerro Dantas Wildlife Refuge
Cipanci Wildlife Refuge- Corredor Fronterizo Wildlife Refuge
- Costa Esmeralda Wildlife Refuge
- Cueva Murcielago Wildlife Refuge
- Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge
- Curu Wildlife Refuge
- Donald Peter Hayes Wildlife Refuge
- Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge
- Dr. Rafael Lucas Rodríguez Caballero Wildlife Refuge
- Fernando Castro Cervantes Wildlife Refuge
- Finca Baru del Pacifico Wildlife Refuge
- Finca Hacienda La Avellana Wildlife Refuge
- Gandoca - Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Golfito Wildlife Refuge - Hacienda Copano Wildlife Refuge
- Iguanita Wildlife Refuge
- Jaguarandi Wildlife Refuge
- Joseph Steve Friedman Wildlife Refuge
- Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge
- La Ceiba Wildlife Refuge
- La Ensenada Wildlife Refuge
- La Marta Wildlife Refuge
- Las Camelias Wildlife Refuge
- Laguna Las Camelias Wildlife Refuge
- Laguna Azul Wildlife Refuge
- Limoncito Wildlife Refuge
- Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge
- Osa Wildlife Refuge
- Ostional Wildlife Refuge
- Paramo Wildlife Refuge
- Pejeperro Wildlife Refuge
- Penas Blancas Wildlife Refuge
- Playa Hermosa Wildlife Refuge
- Portalon Wildlife Refuge
- Preciosa Platanares Wildlife Refuge
- Punta Leona Wildlife Refuge
- Punta Rio Claro Wildlife Refuge
- Quillotro Wildlife Refuge
- Rancho La Merced Wildlife Refuge
- RHR Blancas Wildlife Refuge
- Rio Oro Wildlife Refuge
- Rio Piro Wildlife Refuge
- Romelia Wildlife Refuge
- San Lucas Island Wildlife Refuge
- Surtubal Wildlife Refuge
- Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge
- Transylvania Wildlife Refuge
- Werner Sauter Wildlife Refuge
