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A Short Description of  "Macuñucu" & Amboro ParkNorth Side

"Macuñucu" is an  official entry to the North Side of Amboro is several kilometers closer to the city of Santa Cruz, but due to the roads vehicles must use to access the park, it takes about the same amount of time to get here as to other park access points.

The Red Line is approximately 145 Kms. from Santa Cruz and only about 100 Kms. are paved. Along the rest of the road we cross rivers and streams.

Once past the Surutu River, the road for vehicles and main pathway run parallel to the Macuñucu River. As the paths and within the red line run parallel to rivers and streams it is often necessary to cross them repeatedly and even walk through the water. When it rains enough, rivers and streams which run through small and large canyons become truly dangerous for those not familiar with the area or for anyone who doesn’t take the necessary precautions.

Within the ANMI (Integrally Managed Natural Area) there is a refuge for visitors. It isn’t very conveniently located; therefore, we must coordinate visits to the park very carefully and in an organized manner. The refuge is about 2 Kms. from the park’s red line.

Once inside the red line, with a good guide you will be able to visit the “Guacharos” (Steatornis caripensis) waterfall and/or another lesser known waterfall called the “Pinos” (although there are no pine trees in the area).

Amboro National park North Side

It is an area that despite its proximity to the city of Santa Cruz is very little visited. Almost all tourism in north of the Amboro is just 3 kms within the Red Line.

This Red  line separates the Integrated Management Area of the Park (ANMI) with the heart of the park. This comprises about 400,000 hectares.

The Northern part of Amboro is Tropical and consists of Rainforests, Amazon basin and many eco-systems.

It contains the lower part of what is the beginning of the first hills in the park.

The places are not difficult to hike  because is possible to do it parallel to a streams.

To get  into small valleys within the park, the walks are  along the edges of these hills.

The North Side of this park is full of unvisited zones.

Comparing the most representative vegetation of this place with the jungles of Madidi Park or Noel Kempff park in Bolivia.

And especially with the south side of the same Amboro park, the difference is noticeable.

After a tour of one day inside the red line, you will notice the existence of a large number of streams, natural pools, rivers and others peculiarities, due to the topography of this area.

And the existence of water sources within the park. Which empties its water on the North side due to the difference in altitude.

Because the average heigh in the South side is 800 meters above sea level. And the Nothern part is on an average heigh of 350 meters above sea level

But what it calls more the attention overall is the quality of the Amazon forest, which seems to be more dense and higher than  in other National paks.

About birds, Amboro park contains more species than the whole country of Costa Rica. The birds in Amboro   are easy to listen, but difficult to see because the dense forest.

In mammals the North part  of Amboro is rich because it has most of the species of Amazon  living in this park.

All this tends to give the visitor a higher satisfaction.