Gandoca-Manzanillo
It is located in the Caribbean coast, in the Canton of Talamanca, in the Province of Limon.
It protects the wild fauna, especially those species under extinction or with populations reduced. It protects also the natural only bank of oyster of mangrove of the zone of reefs in the coastal stripe.
It possesses a gap, by which this portion of the Atlantic coast is classified like tropical humid forest.
The primary forest that remains in this area is of unique value, by the small relative surface covered by this zone of life of the low lands of the Atlantic coast.
The area possesses a great diversity of habitats terrestrial with patches of primary forests and with numerous habitats sweet water and marine, that include the coral reef that is conserved in better conditions in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica.
By its natural conditions, the region constitutes an attraction for scientists and visitors in search of recreation.