Rincon de la Vieja

Rincón de la Vieja National Park:

Rincon de la Vieja, the largest volcano in the country's northwest, comprises a remote volcanic complex in the Guanacaste Range. At least nine eruptive vents are located within a 15-kilometer-wide caldera. The park has a variety of wildlife, such as over 300 species of birds; mammals include cougars, monkeys, kinkajous, jaguars and many more. One of the biggest benefits of this wild area is the protection of the hydro graphic river basins. In this park exists probably the mayor population in wild state of the "Guaria Morada", the national flower. Las Pailas and the Hornilllas thermal fountains give place to hot broken waters, lagoons occupied by small depressions in which the water boil continually, orifices in which vapor flow elevates during the rainy season and small mud volcanoes of different shapes.