{"id":248,"date":"2010-06-04T02:51:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T00:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abc-latina.com\/le_nord-htm\/"},"modified":"2018-06-12T11:27:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T09:27:13","slug":"le_nord","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abc-latina.com\/costarica\/le_nord\/","title":{"rendered":"Le NORD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Le Nord du Costa Rica est encore oubli\u00e9 par le tourisme qui se concentre davantage dans la vall\u00e9e centrale, sur les c\u00f4tes Pacifiques et Atlantique du pays.<\/div>\n<div>Cette r\u00e9gion \u00e9tait couverte d&rsquo;une for\u00eat tropicale humide mais l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 humaine a fait dispara\u00eetre de nombreuses \u00e9tendues foresti\u00e8res, \u00e0 quelques sublimes exceptions, comme au parc national Braulio Carillo ou \u00e0 la r\u00e9serve nationale de vie Sylvestre de Ca\u00f1on Negro. Le Nord est aussi une plaine fertile, luxuriante, o\u00f9 des troupeaux de vaches paissent autour des fermes.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"tourisme-chapitre\">SARCHI<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Sarch\u00ed, est l&rsquo;un des grands centres artisanaux. Il est donc assez touristique. Mais il m\u00e9rite d&rsquo;\u00eatre connu car c&rsquo;est surtout ici que l&rsquo;on fabriquait la carreta, la traditionnelle charrette \u00e0 boeufs teintes de couleurs vives qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tr\u00f4n\u00e9e par le tracteur vers 1950-1960. Les menuisiers, qui voyaient p\u00e9ricliter leur activit\u00e9, ont alors eu l&rsquo;id\u00e9e d&rsquo;en faire des r\u00e9pliques miniatures, magnifiquement d\u00e9cor\u00e9es, qui ont toujours un grand succ\u00e8s.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"tourisme-chapitre\">ARENAL<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Jusqu&rsquo;au petit matin du 29 juillet 1968, l&rsquo;Arenal \u00e9tait une montagne tranquille, couverte d&rsquo;une v\u00e9g\u00e9tation luxuriante. Depuis 3000 ans, le volcan \u00e9tait rest\u00e9 inactif. Ce jour-l\u00e0, son r\u00e9veil n&rsquo;en fut que plus spectaculaire. Depuis, l&rsquo;Arenal n&rsquo;a jamais cess\u00e9 d&rsquo;\u00eatre actif.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Le lac Arenal, long de 30 km sur 5 de large approvisionne en eau les r\u00e9gions arides de la c\u00f4te Pacifique. Le lac qui attire de nombreux p\u00eacheurs attire aussi de d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 mars, quand les vents atteignent 40 et 50 noeuds de nombreux v\u00e9liplanchistes. Le lac propose les meilleures conditions du pays et certainement de toute l&rsquo;Am\u00e9rique centrale. Les amateurs se retrouvent \u00e0 Rock River Lodge, Cabinas Xilde ou Aventuras Tilar\u00e1n. De nombreuses stations de planche \u00e0 voile sont en construction sur les berges.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>En quittant le lac Arenal, en passant par Los Chiles ou Upala, on atteint la magnifique et encore peu visit\u00e9e r\u00e9serve de vie sauvage Ca\u00f1o Negro. Proche de la fronti\u00e8re nicaraguayenne, elle s&rsquo;\u00e9tend sur 800 ha et on peut y apercevoir des tortues, des crocodiles et de nombreux oiseaux.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>La jungle tropicale envahit la r\u00e9gion de Saraquip\u00ed sur les rives du R\u00edo Saraquip\u00ed, qui na\u00eet sur le versant Atlantique de la cordill\u00e8re centrale.<\/div>\n<div>Dans cette r\u00e9gion on trouve la Selva Biological Station, le Selva Verde Lodge et Rara Avis, qui sont pour ces deux derni\u00e8res des r\u00e9serves priv\u00e9es.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>A Vara Blanca, la route passe entre des montagnes couvertes de for\u00eats touffues, o\u00f9 les cascades bouillonnent.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"..\/tour_operateur\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-41\" alt=\"\" class=\"touroperateur\" src=\"http:\/\/abc-latina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/timbre_to.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>La diversit\u00e9 et l&rsquo;abondance de la vie dans la for\u00eat tropicale des plaines du Saraquip\u00ed a attir\u00e9 tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t l&rsquo;attention des biologistes, qui ont fond\u00e9 voil\u00e0 plus de 25 ans, l&rsquo;Organization for Tropical Studies, ainsi que la r\u00e9serve biologique de la Selva.<\/div>\n<div>En 1986, sous l&rsquo;\u00e9gide du gouvernement costaricien, les limites du parc national Braulio Carillo ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tendues jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 int\u00e9grer les 607 ha de la r\u00e9serve, formant une zone prot\u00e9g\u00e9e de 2104 ha qui se d\u00e9ploie du niveau de la mer jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 3.000 m. Ce parc englobe les sites et les sentiers migratoires des oiseaux rares et des mammif\u00e8res, qui se d\u00e9placent entre les hautes et basses terres.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"tourisme-chapitre\">RARA AVIS<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Rara Avis, une for\u00eat tropicale humide de 1335 ha, parfaitement vierge est la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 d&rsquo;un \u00e9cologiste, l&rsquo;am\u00e9ricain Amos Bien, depuis 1977. La piste pour y parvenir est un ext\u00e9nuant bourbier o\u00f9 l&rsquo;on patauge pendant quatre longues heures, d&rsquo;orni\u00e8res en mar\u00e9cages et en tourbi\u00e8res, sans compter plusieurs rivi\u00e8res \u00e0 traverser \u00e0 gu\u00e9, sous l&rsquo;assaut continuel des moustiques.<\/div>\n<div>Si l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 Rara Avis est difficile, la visite l&rsquo;est \u00e9galement. Il vaut donc mieux \u00eatre un randonneur chevronn\u00e9. Le site n&rsquo;est pas seulement consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9cotourisme : Amos Bien y d\u00e9veloppe l&rsquo;horticulture d&rsquo;esp\u00e8ces rares de palmiers sauvages ainsi que la culture de plantes m\u00e9dicinales et cosm\u00e9tologiques.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3>Pr\u00e9parez votre voyage au nord du Costa Rica:<\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/costarica\/agence_de_voyages\">Agences de voyage g\u00e9n\u00e9ralistes et discounteurs<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/costarica\/tour_operateur\">Tours Op\u00e9rateurs sp\u00e9cialistes du Costa Rica<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/to\/reservation_billet_avion\" target=\"_blank\">R\u00e9servez votre billet d&rsquo;avion<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/costarica\/hotels\">R\u00e9servez votre h\u00f4tel dans le nord du Costa Rica<\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/to\/location_de_voiture_costa_rica\" target=\"_blank\">Location de voiture<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Nord du Costa Rica est encore oubli\u00e9 par le tourisme qui se concentre davantage dans la vall\u00e9e centrale, sur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41,"parent":2300,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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