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The park is named after Braulio Carrillo, who was the third head of state who<br />
governed Costa Rica between 1837 and 1842. Braulio Carrillo drove the cultivation<br />
of coffee and during his government came up with the idea of communicating the<br />
Central Valley with the Caribbean in order to facilitate the transport of this product<br />
to European markets.<br />
The park is located only 24 km from the capital, San José. Braulio Carrillo National<br />
Park is a distinctive attraction of wildlife. The park samples almost all varieties of<br />
native birds of Costa Rica also, both the tropical rainforest, pre-montane and<br />
montane rain forest, is home to hundreds of flora and fauna varieties (according to<br />
Trekking Braulio Carrillo National park / Rafting Pacuare River article https://<br />
www.linkedin.com/pulse/trekking-braulio-carrillo-national-park-rafting-river-birdingplus?trk=pulse-det-nav_art<br />
by Costa Rica Birding Plus published October 7 th ,<br />
2015). Braulio Carrillo National Park is located northeast of the Central Valley. It is<br />
located in the Central Volcanic Range and includes the Barva Volcano, Cacho<br />
Black and the Bajo de la Hondura Volcano. It has a conservation area that reaches<br />
47,588 hectares, making it the largest protected area in the central region of the<br />
country. On the steep forested mountains, live 6000 species of plants comprising<br />
half of the plant species that exist in Costa Rica, of which at least 50 are endemic.<br />
Among the mammals are present, the jaguar and puma, tapir, anteater, 3 species<br />
of monkeys and a wide variety of bats. (According to Trekking Braulio Carrillo<br />
National park / Rafting Pacuare River article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/<br />
trekking-braulio-carrillo-national-park-rafting-river-birding-plus?trk=pulse-detnav_art<br />
by Costa Rica Birding Plus published October 7 th , 2015).<br />
Its territory is covered mostly of primary forest. This park is considered as the lungs<br />
of San Jose since the forest covering the park, provides a delicate balance of<br />
carbon dioxide-oxygen.<br />
Because of the few officials present in the park, hunters come very easily and<br />
pitifully end with the fauna of the park gradually. Another threat is the illegal<br />
deforestation, as hunters come into the park and begin to cut.Many researchers<br />
recognize that forests of the park should be studied more carefully since they have<br />
great determination to be preserved in the midst of the urban environment.
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