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Location
Biological Station Villa Mills is located in Cartago province, canton Paradise, Orosi district specifically in the community of Villa Mills. It is located in Rio Macho Forest Reserve, in the Cerro de la Muerte at an altitude of 2850 m with an average annual temperature of 13 ° C. According to the classification of life zones, developed by Leslie Holdridge, that corresponds to the tropical montane wet forest (cloud forest).
Access
If you are traveling in your own car, take the Interamerican Highway (San Jose - San Isidro del General) and the La Help at Kilometer 92 where the community of Villa Mills is deflected to the left, on a road leading to ballast community and Alto High Stone Cage. A 1.8 km from the entrance is the Biological Station. In this site you can enter all types of vehicles throughout the year with a travel distance from San Jose, 2 hours, and an hour from San Isidro de Perez Zeledon. There is an excellent bus service from San Jose and from San Isidro every hour at companies like MUSOC and TRACOPA.
Extension
Rio Macho Forest Reserve is distinguished by being the first protected wilderness area created by the Costa Rican government, in early 1964. At first, the territory occupied was about 100,000 ha. However, over time, its length was modified and divided into several sectors. One of them is the Rio Macho Forest Reserve which consists of approximately 1700 ha. where is located the Villa Mills experimental biological station in the premises formerly occupied by the CATIE.
Importance
Rio Macho Forest Reserve in conjunction with other Protected Areas and the Chirripo National Park and Death Tapantí Massif, part of the Biosphere Reserve Friendship. In addition, we should note its location within the Cordillera de Talamanca, the largest latitudinal biological corridor in the country, where there are as many upland forests, moors, bogs, cloud forests and the fauna associated with these ecosystems, much of it in danger of extinction.
Other Information
The average annual temperature is 11.3 ° C, with the month of January is the coldest month, with minimum temperatures below freezing and temperatures around 20.0 ° C and the warmest month is April. The dry season runs from December to April being the driest months of February and March and the rainy season lasts from May to November with September and October as the wettest. The average annual rainfall is around 2000 mm. The high endemism of the area (mainly insects) is explained by the isolation of this top of the rest of the Cordillera.
Information
Manager: Adrian Ugalde
Telephone: Contact the Regional Perez Zeledon (+506) 2771-31-55
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