The Curú Wildlife Refuge was constituted as Costa Rica’s first private Wildlife Refuge.

Although the ranch still has a small herd of cattle, tourism and visitation by school groups and researchers are the main interest areas of the refuge today.

The refuge protects endangered forested habitats such as mangroves, tropical forests, and coral reefs.

Curú is a privately owned park that runs a succesful business operation and provides employment to the local community.

Curú has a wildlife reintroduction program and has succesfully reintroduce Scarlet Macaws and Spider Monkeys back to the Nicoya Peninsula area. Species that had disappeared from the area.

It is a place worth visiting either by road, or by taking a boat and also visiting Tortuga island which is located right in front of Curú bay.

Ongoing forest research