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 -Published: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 More than $76,000 new
tourist trail built in Quetzales National Park
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff People who visit Quetzales National Park at Cerro de la Muerte in the southern part of the Province of San José will be able to take a tour of the park in a safer way. According to the National System of Conservation Areas, a new trial has been built for a cost of $76,915, financed with the Second Nature Debt Exchange between the United States and Costa Rica. According to rangers, the new path was built in the area known as Zeledonia. The trail has a distance of 480 meters of which 130 meters is designed especially for visitors in wheelchairs. "The trail extends linearly from a point near the entrance to the national park and, even, the first stage allows access for people with disabilities," said the park rangers in a statement. The Corcovado Foundation and the Ecotropic Foundation took care of the architectural design, the topographic studies and other processes prior to the construction of the trail. Quetzales National Park was created in 2006 by a Congress decreed. It has an area of 4,117.09 hectares. Around 216 bird species have been recorded in the region. According to specialists in this region, there is a quarter of the diversity of birds present throughout the country. "This park has unique ecosystems that provide water regulation, biodiversity conservation," said Rafael Gutierrez, director of the Central Conservation Area. According to the National System of Conservation Areas, the agency is in the process of requesting additional funds to build a new section of the trail. In addition, the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity is scheduled to install public free wifi in the park. Quetzales National Park is located specifically in the zone known as of Ojo de Agua in the community of Dota. The entrance price is $10 for tourists. It is open every day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cerro de la Muerte which means death mountain in Spanish because the high altitude used to subject ox cart drivers for freezing weather which could be fatal. More information about the park can be reached at Visit Costa Rica site.  Related on paths for people with disabilities, on August, Cahuita National Park, in the province of Limón, a road was made to make access to Blanca Beach. According to the park rangers, the 180-meter long trail was built by recycling plastic bottle screw caps. The caps were collected through a campaign in which companies, schools, and the community of Cahuita participated. "By collecting 16 tons of plastic bottle screw caps," said park rangers in its statement. The caps collection campaign was funded by authorities of the Cahuita National Park, the ProParques association and the local council in the community of Cahuita. In addition to the construction of the trail, the campaign funds allowed for the purchase of amphibious wheelchairs. Amphibious wheelchairs are designed for disabled people to reach the edge of the beach and sea waves. "We allied with the Cahuita National Park because we found park rangers committed with the issue of accessibility," said Rocío Echeverri, executive director of ProParques. According to ProParques, this is the third unusual path for people in wheelchairs, that was built within a protected wild area. The first trail was built in 2012 in Carara National Park and the second one was built in 2016 in Santa Rosa National Park. ------------------------ Have you visited Quetzales National Park? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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