Guayabo National Monument

Costa Rica's most important archaeological site , is located in a patch of protected upland rain forest 12 miles north of Turrialba.

Archaeologists believe that the site was inhabited from 1500 B.C. till about 1400 AD , and though very little of what was once a city of 10.000 has been excavated, visitors can see parts of ancient roadways, aqueducts, pools, tombs and the foundations of homes. The surrounding forest is full of birds, especially oropendolas, whose woven nests can be seen hanging in colonies from the branches of larger trees.

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