Costa Rica Guide
Limón Province and the Caribbean coast
Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Barra del Colorado
Created to preserve the area's abundant fauna, the REFUGIO NACIONAL DE FAUNA SILVESTRE BARRA DEL COLORADO lies at the northern end of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, 99km northeast of San José near the border with Nicaragua. This ninety-square-kilometre, sparsely populated (by humans, at least) tract of land is crossed by the Río Colorado, which debouches into the Caribbean next to the village of Barra del Colorado. The grand Río San Juan marks the park's northern boundary, which is also the border with Nicaragua. The river continues north of the border all the way to the Lago de Nicaragua and almost all traffic in this area is by water.