“Manuel Antonio National Park Geocache” GCJ7WN GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – June 27, 2011

Resident near the Manuel Antonio National Park Geocache

Geocachers in search of the “Manuel Antonio National Park Geocache” (GCJ7WN) will find more than a just a geocache. Their journey will bring them face-to-face with local natural wildlife including monkeys, sloths and iguanas. Nature is on display in all its forms.

According to the cache page, “Along the way you will be thrilled by the display of flora and fauna in this park where the forest comes right down to the ocean.”  46rkl placed the difficulty 2.5, terrain 3 geocache in 2004. More than 200 geocachers have logged smileys on the cache.

Sloth lounging near the cache site

“Manuel Antonio National Park Geocache” has earned 11 Favorite Points so far. The cache brings adventures to a beautiful vantage point on Punta Catedral Point where they can look over the Pacific Ocean.

One cacher logged, “Our tour group visited this beautiful park today and I made the nice walk to find this cache. Great views from the cache site. Enjoyed swimming at the beach after finding the cache. TNLNSL TFTC.”

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View from near the cache