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Like the lion or the tiger, the jaguar is the “king of the jungle” in the Americas. It is the largest Jaguar-on-the-Osa-Peninsula-Costa-Rica-300x184.jpg?width=300feline in the Americas and the third largest in the world, notes Wikipedia. With a range extending from Southwestern United States and Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina, there are only an estimated 15,000 jaguars left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

“The jaguar is still an abundant species, but is threatened by habitat loss

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Three Top Nature Tours in Nosara, Costa Rica

Playa-Guiones-Nosara-Nicoya-Peninsula-Guanacaste-Costa-Rica.jpg?width=248Talk about Nosara, Costa Rica, and you actually mean a stretch of several beaches on the Nicoya Peninsula – from Playa Ostional to Playa Nosara, Playa Pelada and Playa Guiones. This remote area of Guanacaste, just north of Samara in the country’s north Pacific, is known for long wide beaches, fantastic surfing, peace and quiet, and of course, it’s impressive wildlife.

Three top nature activities you must do on a visit to Nosara are:

Turtle watching at the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge

Hundreds

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