The Caribbean port city of Limón is about to get its own nature park modeled after InBioparque, run by the nonprofit National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) in Santo Domingo de Heredia, north of San José.

Inter-Institutional Coordination Minister Marco Vargas announced plans to build the attraction yesterday during a press conference.

The project, which involves restoring Limón's Cariari Park, will be designed by INBio and built with $3.5 million allocated by the World Bank for the project Limón Port City, which aims to improve the quality of life for the city's residents, according to a statement from Casa Presidencial.

Green-and-black poison dart frogs, sloths, several species of birds and coral reefs are among the natural attractions INBio hopes will draw visitors to the park, which will be designed to allow them to experience both land and sea, the statement said.

Cariari will include game and picnic areas, trails, an amphitheater for concerts and plays and classrooms for environmental education as well as a small dock from which boats will take visitors on trips through nearby Portete Bay to allow them to better see marine life.

The 14-hectare park is located five kilometers from the city of Limón on the highway heading to the port of Moín.

-Tico Times