| Cahuita is located
in the Tropical Basal Caribbean Coast Region of Costa Rica. The town
is near to the National Park, becoming it in a good place to set a
headquarter and move around the zone freely. At the beach you will
find protected flora and wild life, coral reef and several sea ecosystems.
This is one of the areas with more beauty in the country because of
its white sand beaches, miles of coconuts, turquoise blue sea and
coral reefs. According to the classification of the life zones of Holdrige, the area is located inside life zone of the humid tropical forest and has several important habitats; the swamp forest, the mix forest, the mangle and the coast flora. |
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The coral reef has an extension
of 600 hectares and goes all the way to "Punta Cahuita",
between "Perezoso" River and Puerto Vargas. Part of the
choral platform is submerging up to 11 Mts. over sea level. After
the earthquake of 1991, the reef platform emerges approximately 1
meter. The local temperature is a stable 28º C. year around, with a very low ocean tide of approximately 25 cm (one foot). The climate has been often called a " micro-climate", implying that the variable factors affecting this region are independent to the rest of the neighboring areas. This region shares very little in common to the rest of the country's weather cycles and prognostication, as the rainy season is often blessed with several weeks of dry, hot sunny days while weeks of unstoppable tropical rains can be experienced during the summer season. |
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