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The park was established in 1989 and it is located in the Southern Pacific Coast, between the mouth of "Higuerón" (or "Morete") River and Point Piñuela, District of Ballena Bay, Osa County, Province of Puntarenas. This park protects important habitats, such as sandy beaches, rocky beaches, estuaries, mangroves, cliffs, islands, rocky shoals, Point Uvita, and coral reef which represent a very important environment for the preservation and reproduction of marine diversity. Birds such as Brown Boobies, Magnificent Frigatebirds, Whimbrels, Brown Pelicans, White Ibis, Neotropical Cormorant, Great Blue Herons, Tricolored Herons, Brown Noddy, several species of terns and gulls, sandpipers, between many other species.
The terrestrial limits of the park are designated by the officially marked Public Inalienable Zone, the Marine/Terrestrial Restricted Zone and the natural border of wetlands and mangroves. The marine limit is an imaginary line that sorrounds the rocky shoals and coral reefs formed by the outer area of Point Uvita, Ballena Island, Tres Hermanas, and its sorroundings, originating at the mouth of the "Higuerón" (or "Morete") River, ending at Point Piñuelas. The Park consists of 5,375 marine hectares (13,281 acres) and 200 terrestrial hectares (494.2 acres). |
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