Las Baulas National Park

This small refuge on the Pacific coast, just north of Tamarindo , was created to protect the important turtle nesting beach of Playa Grande. Every year, thousands of leatherback sea turtles-the largest reptile in the world- crawl onto Playa Grande at night and bury their eggs in its warm sand. Though the nesting of these massive reptiles is reason enough to protect the area, there is also an extensive mangrove swamp, which is an excellent area to see birds, and some tropical dry forest around it, which also contains plenty of wildlife.

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