Cabo Blanco is a refuge
of vital importance for the protection of seabirds. It is also one
of the most beautiful scenic sites on the Pacific Coast. Some of the
attractions that make Cabo Blanco such an interesting and beutiful
wilderness area within the park system are its dense green forests,
deep-blue sea, unusual geological formations, variety of wildlife,
and innumerable tidal pools where sea creatures are trapped.
Cabo Blanco gets more rain
per year than any other part of the Dry Pacific Region.
Despite the small size
of the reserve, it houses a considerable variety of wildlife, although
populations are not large. Howler monkeys, tree squirrels, white-tail
deer are some of the species. Seabirds are very numerous, brown pelicans,
frigatebirds, laughing gulls, and brown boobies ( largest in the country).
Also some of the species of land birds include the long-tailed manakin,
cattle egret, green heron, elegant trogon and turkey vulture.
There is a variety of marine
life at Cabo Blanco fish, crabs, chitons, lobsters, shrimp and many
other species that live in the intertidal zone off the neighboring
shores.
The southernmost tip of
the reserve, where the Nicoya Peninsula ends, is another interesting
site to visit, and can be explored at low tide. Cabo Blanco Island
, is an impregnable refuge for seabirds, it is located 1.6kms offshore
and serves as a very visible landmark.
