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Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge Photos

Bahía de Salinas, Playa Pochote, Isla Bolaños National Wildlife Refuge, Golfo Santa Elena, Playa Rajada, Playa Coyotera and Bahía Junquillal Beach and National Wildlife Refuge are the northern Pacific equivalent of Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula.  Not as remote and not nearly as wet but none the less relatively undeveloped frontier.

A couple of resorts like Dreams Las Mareas in Playa el Jobo have popped up but mostly the area is pasture, patches of tropical dry forest and deserted beaches. The roads are mostly unpaved.  Dusty beyond belief in the dry season and greasy mud when the rains come.

Famous for kite surfing due to the consistent strong winds and a great place to spend a few days camping on the beach!

Bahía de Salinas, Playa Pochote
Looking over over Bahía de Salinas, Playa Pochote and Isla Bolaños National Wildlife Refuge from Amalias Inn, La Cruz

A troop of Pizotes (coatimundi) on the march along the sendero natural El Carao after raiding the campsite for any food that wasn’t secured – Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge

Frigate birds over Bahía de Salinas
Frigate birds over Bahía de Salinas
Puerto Soley, Playa Pochote
Puerto Soley, Playa Pochote
Puerto Soley, Playa Pochote
Playa Pochote
Playa Pochote
Puerto Soley, Playa Pochote
Playa Rajada
Playa Rajada
Playa Rajada
Playa Coyotera
Playa Coyotera
Playa Coyotera
Playa Coyotera
Isla Bolaños
Isla Bolaños National Wildlife Refuge from Playa Coyotera
Camping Junquillal
Camping area Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge
Playa Bahía Junquillal
Playa Bahía Junquillal
Playa Bahía Junquillal
Little blue tents in the trees. Camping is very popular at Bahía Junquillal
Jellyfish
Jellyfish trivia – Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish (not pictured) found in Costa Rican and most tropical seas is immortal. Instead of aging and dying, adults can revert to an immature colonial stage, repeat the maturation to an adult and re-revert. This can go on forever.
Frigate birds nest
Frigate birds nest on the islands in the bay
Frigate birds Bahía Junquillal
Frigate birds Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge
Bahía Junquillal
Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge
The dock at El Torno
The dock at El Torno
Use water sensibly
Utilice racionalmente el agua – Mantena el aseo (Use water sensibly – Keep it clean)
Mono congo and baby
Mono congo and baby
All stretched out
All stretched out
Howler monkey's diet
Howler monkey’s diet consists mainly of leaves
mono congo
mono congo

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Wildlife Refuges & Reserves
  • Karen Mogensen Nature Reserve
  • Portalón Estero Rey National Wildlife Refuge
  • Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge Photos
  • Rainmaker Biological Reserve Photos
  • Hills of Portalón Wildlife Refuge
  • Bahía Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge Photos
  • Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala National Wildlife Refuge Photos
  • Transition Dry to Rain Forest
  • Caño Negro Photos
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