• WCMC Descriptions of Natural World Heritage Properties
• Birdlife IBA

Cocos Island National Park

(5.53 N 86.98 W) --

Located 550 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, this is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. The underwater world of the national park has become famous as one of the best places in the world to view large pelagic species such as sharks, rays, tuna and dolphins.

• WCMC Descriptions of Natural World Heritage Properties
• Birdlife IBA
• Natural World Heritage

• Area de Conservacion Guanacaste
• WCMC Descriptions of Natural World Heritage Properties
• Birdlife IBA

Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquis

Four archaeological sites in the Diquis Delta in southern Costa Rica from the period AD 500-1500. They include a collection of mysterious stone spheres.