About Activity
While many tourists to Santa Teresa are attracted to this paradisiacal beach destination known for its calm seas and transparent waters with tiny coves and beautiful shell-strewn white sand beaches, it is also a great place to enjoy nature!
The Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve is somewhat off-the-beaten path! It is a great place to hike in one of the most scenic regions of Costa Rica. Easy trails will lead you through beautiful jungles and will give you the perfect amount of physical activity and wildlife viewing.
Situated at the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, between the villages of Cabuya and Mal Pais, this reserve measuring 3,202 acres of land and 4,420 acres in their marine part, and although it is one of the smallest of the country, two thirds is preserved as primary forest.
The name of Cabo Blanco “White Cape,” has been given for the bird guano-encrusted rock island that is located 1.6 km offshore, an important seabird sanctuary, inhabited by large numbers of Brown Pelicans, Magnificent Frigates, Laughing Gulls, Ospreys and the largest colony of Brown Boobies in Central America.
Cabo Blanco became Costa Rica’s first nature reserve in 1963 thanks to two nature-loving conservationists: the Swedish Olof Wessberg and his wife, the Danish Karen Morgenssen who donated their property to the state, convincing the government to turn the area into a protected reserve.
The reserve is located at one hour from most of the Santa Teresa hotels; you will be traveling in comfortable tourist transportation thought rustic road until arrive to the tiny fishing village of Cabuya, known for its unique cemetery situated 100 meters off the coast in an small island that can only be reached by foot at low tide.
Once you arrive to ranger station and during the 2 hours hike the professional naturalist guide will introduce you to a variety of wildlife that thrives here, and will give the recommendations that you have to follow to see the most of wildlife and learn all about the tropical forest. You will be exploring the well maintained trail, called “Sendero Danes” (Danish Trail), which is 1.3 km long and is not too tough so can be easily walked at any time.
The reserve is rich in nature due to the combination of seacoast with its pure white-sand beaches and warm aquamarine sea, and the mountains of the tropical dry forest that preserve freshwater rivers and hidden waterfalls.
There are hundreds of natural sights from trees, including some gigantic draped with vines, as well as a vast variety of plants that provides home, food and camouflage to a wide variety of wild animals like, monkeys, coatis, white-tailed deer, coyotes and margays (wild cats), as well as sloths and anteaters. Cabo Blanco is also an important bird’s sanctuary for approximately 200 species, including roseate spoonbills, kingfishers, toucans and bellbirds
If you are a nature lover, put on your hiking shoes and do some exploring of this small yet significant protected corner of the Nicoya Peninsula.
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- Entrance fees as per itinerary
- Private English-speaking guide as per itinerary
- Keytours 24-hour emergency assistance telephone line
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- All other items not mentioned as included
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