El Silencio, Costa Rica
Encyclopedia
El Silencio is a village
and nature park in the Guanacaste Province
, Costa Rica
. It is located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal
.
El Silencio is a very good tropical forest area for viewing birds and monkeys (while visiting the area to freely view the active Arenal Volcano). There are a few kilometres of trails for picture taking. The price to use the park (March, 2010) is $14 USD (for the whole day).
It is connected by road to Tilarán
, which in turns connects via the 142 road town to Tejona
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and nature park in the Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. It is located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal is an artificial lake in Costa Rica, located in the northern highlands of the country. It was enlarged to its present size as a part of a 1979 hydroelectric project by the Costa Rican government to provide electricity to the country.- Geography :...
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El Silencio is a very good tropical forest area for viewing birds and monkeys (while visiting the area to freely view the active Arenal Volcano). There are a few kilometres of trails for picture taking. The price to use the park (March, 2010) is $14 USD (for the whole day).
It is connected by road to Tilarán
Tilarán
Tilarán is a small town in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Tilarán Canton located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal...
, which in turns connects via the 142 road town to Tejona
Tejona
Tejona is a village in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is located on Lake Arenal and has a hydroelectric power station. Hotel Tilawa and skateboarding park as well as the Tilawa Viento Surf Center and Arenal Botanical Gardens are located nearby...
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