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Costa Rica 2004: |
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San José & Santa Domingo
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Overview
July 2nd (Friday): Santa Rosa National Park, Ex-Situ Conservation Las Pumas rehabilitation center takes care of injured wild cats and provides a home for those that cannot be released back into the wild. Las Pumas provides visitors with the unique opportunity to see all of the six neotropical cats in one location. 6:30 am Breakfast July 3rd (Saturday): Monteverde Santa Rosa National Park, Introduction to Dry Forest Ecology Santa Rosa National Park is found in north-western Costa Rica. It is an area of dry tropical forest, which, contrary to popular belief, is actually richer in biodiversity than tropical rainforest. Santa Rosa is ecologically unique because dry tropical forest is rapidly diminishing in Costa Rica. Here participants can study the acacia ant, mangrove forests and visit a nesting ground for sea turtles. But Santa Rosa is also an area of great historical and political significance; the site of many important events and battles in Costa Rica's history, such as Casona. Students will explore some of these sites of national significance and learn some of Costa Rica's political history. 7:00am Breakfast July 4th (Sunday): Santa Rosa, FREE DAY!
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