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Surtubal Wildlife Refuge Costa Rica was declared on January 27th 1997, to protect tropical forest areas on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. This refuge is located west of Carara National Park, just next to the Fernando Castro 
Cervantes Wildlife Refuge, among the dry forests of northern and the southern rainforests, which results in its wide diversity, as it is at the beginning of the transition zone into the tropical dry forests of the northwest zone.
The Surtubal Wildlife Refuge has a biodiversity comparable to the one of Carara, due to its proximity, so that macaws, herons, toucans, anteaters, pacas, sloths, tayras, coaties, raccoons, armadillos, monkeys and other species also live here. There are no public park facilities at the Surtubal national wildlife refuge.
Getting there:
From downtown San Jose takes about 1 hour, take the Prospero Fernandez Highway, which starts at the National Gymnasium in La Sabana. From there continue directly through the towns of Escazu, Santa Ana, Ciudad Colon and Puriscal. From Puriscal takes about 40 minutes to reach San Juan de Mata de Turrubares. Turrubares also has other alternative routes such as the canton of Orotina southwest and the canton of Atenas southeast. Now you can also take the new Caldera Highway (route 27), taking the Orotina exit.
From Puntarenas downtown, Caldera or Jaco, you should reach Orotina. From there the distance is 7 km, approximately 15 minutes.
Buses to Jacó or Quepos, pass through Orotina. They has daily express departures from San José, at the Coca Cola Terminal. Transportes Morales S.A., Tel: +506 2223-5567.
Location: west from Fernando Castro Cervantes Wildlife Refuge, district: San Juan de Mata, canton: Turrubares, in San Jose province, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 11603.
San Juan de Mata de Turrubares GPS Coordinates: 9.8767117, -84.5201269 (9°52’36.16″N, 84°31’12.45″W)
Size: 136ha (336 acres)
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