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Quepos as a Conservation Starting Point

A visit to Quepos can connect town life with nearby forest and mangrove conservation. Choose an authorized outing, keep food away from wildlife and ask how your host helps protect the habitat you are exploring.

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Copper Anole

A familiar brown anole watches from low perches in Pacific-slope landscapes.

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Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

A slow-moving leaf eater whose fur can blend with the green canopy.

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White-faced Capuchin

A social monkey with a pale face, shoulders and chest.

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Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey

Long limbs and a grasping tail help this monkey move through the canopy.

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Central American Squirrel Monkey

A small, quick-moving monkey of Costa Rica’s Pacific forests.

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