La Ceiba Wildlife Refuge

La Ceiba Wildlife Refuge
Location Costa Rica
Area 674 acres (2.73 km2)
Established 1995
Governing body National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

The La Ceiba Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, which protects tropical forest on the Nicoya Peninsula near the small village of San Rafael de Paquera in the Puntarenas Province.

The area protected is covered by tropical dry forest and contains a small camping site and two cabins inside the reserve used by ecotourists, which helps fund the project.

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