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Published on Thursday,
January 26, 2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Twelve national parks in Costa Rica have made improvements to their infrastructure to provide a better service to tourists with physical disabilities, announced the National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac).
Sinac is the management organization in charge of all the wild areas and national parks in the country.
The Cahuita National Park in Limón Province is now accessible by elevated trails. There the Playa Blanca has a footbridge to the beach and Puerto Vargas has a path that leads to the Casona. The plastic walkway in Playa Blanca is 350 meters long and has a rest area and the Cativos trail in Puerto Vargas is two kilometers long and has 3 rest areas. It also has an amphibious chair.
The Carara National Park in Puntarenas Province, has a path for wheelchairs over one thousand meters long, several wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and canes. There are animal figures on the trail so that the visually impaired can feel the form of part of the fauna that can be found in this area. In addition, there is a haptic map, information in braille, accessibility ramps for parking, restrooms, visitor areas, observation bays, tactile tiles, and curbs.
The Poás Volcano National Park in Alajuela Province has an 800-meter-long path for wheelchairs, with three wheelchairs available for those who need them.
Manuel Antonio National Park in Puntarenas Province has an elevated path "El Manglar" measuring 800 meters long. It's away from the beach where you can find an accessible walkway of 164 meters to enter the sea. On the trail, you will find 10 rest areas, all with interpretive signage of the site.
The Santa Rosa National Park in Guanacaste Province offers tourists the 580-meter-long "Naked Indian" trail, with rest areas every 100 meters, easy-to-read interpretive signs, and QR codes with audio that indicate the interpretation of the trail. Figures to touch, tactile tiles and curb for easy movement.
The Rincón de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste Province has a path for wheelchairs measuring one kilometer. It has a railing along that section of the path.
The
Irazú Volcano National Park in
Cartago Province has a path that
goes to the viewpoint of the
main crater, as well as to the
Diego de la Haya Crater that's
accessible to all. The
infrastructure has ramps to
enter the main boulevard up to
this point. In addition, there
are restrooms and a cafeteria
with wheelchair access. The
Cangreja National Park in
San José Province has
accessibility through the path
to reach the viewpoint, which is
adapted for all people. The
Caño Negro National Refuge in
Alajuela Province has the first
accessible dock in the country
and Central America. It allows
accessibility for people with
reduced mobility and other types
of disabilities so they can take
tours in the Wetland. It has a
water path "Los Chocuacos" of
800 meters. The visitor center
is accessible and there are
local businesses in the
community that have boats
modified to serve people with
limited mobility. The
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife
Refuge in
Limón Province has a
five-kilometer path that goes
from Manzanillo to Gandoca with
a 12-meter access ramp that
leads to the viewpoint. There is
also a walkway in the forest on
stilts measuring three meters.
There are two wheelchairs for
use by people with reduced
mobility. The
Arenal Volcano National Park,
in Alajuela Province, in the
Peninsula sector, has a
1.2-kilometer accessible trail.
The protected area has
wheelchairs to be used if
necessary. The
Junquillal National Wildlife
Refuge in
Guanacaste Province became the
first accessible beach in the
area. It has four picnic tables
with access to wheelchairs, with
a 100-meter walkway so that
people with disabilities can
enter the sea through the beach.
It also has aquatic wheelchairs. Costa
Rica is improving tourism
services for people with
disabilities. Recently,
the Accessible Tourism Network
signed an agreement with the
Federation of Chambers of
Tourism of Central America to
develop more accessible
tourists in the country. During
the first half of 2022, there
have already been over 1.2
million tourists in Costa
Rica. In
2021, over 1.3 million
tourists visited Costa Rica.
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