Barbilla National Park (ranger station)
Park · Caribbean Coast · hidden gem
One of Costa Rica's least-visited parks: wet rainforest along the Dantas River with almost no visitor facilities. Home to jaguars, tapirs and many birds, and to the Cabecar people.
- Cost
- about $5
- Time there
- 4 h
- Best time
- morning
- Kids
- 2 / 10
- View
- 7 / 10
- Crowds
- 0 / 10
- Swimming
- 3 / 10
- Effort
- 7 / 10
- Location
- 9.98172, -83.45402 — Google Maps
Tip
Open daily 8am to 4pm with a small entry fee; hire a local guide through the ranger station and allow about an hour for the gravel road from Siquirres.
Be careful
For self-sufficient hikers only: bring water, food and a rain layer, tell the rangers your route and expect no phone signal.
Getting there
About 17 km of rough gravel road from the highway near Siquirres; a high-clearance car is recommended.
Places nearby
- Pacuare LodgeStays · from $150Luxury eco-lodge of 20 thatched bungalows on the banks of the Pacuare River.
- Rios LodgeStays · from $2,524Off-grid eco-lodge on the Pacuare River that guests reach by raft or on foot, inside a 1,000-hectare private rainforest reserve.
Sources: OpenStreetMap relation/16436071 · Wikidata Q4502059 · https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Barbilla_National_Park · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbilla_National_Park · https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16436071