The Manuel Antonio National Park has an enormous biodiversity of flora and fauna, along with its white sand beaches hidden among steep hills full of dense vegetation make this sanctuary the main attraction of the area. In addition, the region offers a wide range of tourist attractions where you can choose from land excursions to butterfly and reptile, botanical gardens, bird watching, snakes, horseback riding and hiking or biking through the various natural areas close to the park.
On the zip lining of the trees, you can choose Chiclets Zipline Tour that is the best zip line in the Central Pacific. The cables will take you from one tree to another passing over rivers and canyons covered by the green of the foliage, you will see the white face monkeys, toucans, scorpions, macaws and infinity of flora including the famous Chiclet tree that is a raw material of Chiclets Adams. The Manuel Antonio National Park was created in With this awesome news began hotel development, hotels were mostly installed on the mountainous road full of vegetation.
Several hotels looked for this location to take advantage of the beautiful panoramic views towards the sea and its imposing sunsets. Most of this Manuel Antonio hotels are committed to protecting the environment, some of them are pioneers in the country in the practice of environmental sustainability policies, generating an excellent reputation for Costa Rica, and include small private reserves near to his properties; offer all the amenities of a large hotel like restaurants, swimming pools, spa services, zip line tours, guides and instructors for many activities surf lessons, waterfalls tours, nature exploration.
According to the story, Manuel Antonio national park owes his name to a Spanish conqueror who died on these beaches at the hands of the natives.
To the Spaniard they buried it under a tree where they put a small plate of bronze of about 3 cms. At a reasonable speed, it can take an average of three and a half hours from San Jose or 2 and a half hours from Costa Rica main airport. Entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park: 7 am to 4 pm. It remains closed to visitors on Monday.
