Ostional Wildlife Reserve
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Size: 587
hectares
Distance from San José: 371 Kilometers
Trails: Along the beach
Dry Season: January through March.
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| Ostional
Wildlife Refuge contains the second most important nesting site
for the olive Ridley sea turtle in Costa Rica. The turtles sometimes
come in huge numbers, called “arribadas”, during the months from
July though November (wet season). Leatherback and Pacific Green
turtles also nest here. |
| Ostional is a site of an innovative but
controversial program, in which people from the village of Ostional, who once
plundered nests for commercial purposes now have the right to collect 200 eggs
per family per season. |
| The vegetation of this reserve is sparse,
consisting of the white-flowered sweet-smelling frangipani tree, cacti, and
other succulent, drought-resistant vegetation. |
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Most of the coastline is sandy
beach, but Punta India at the north end of the reserve is an interesting rocky
headland containing some great tide pools. |
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