Zoo
The Ara Project
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Costa Rica 1 spp. present
The Ara Project was an NGO and former zoo run by a retired United States expatriate couple that existed in from the 1980s to 2008 as a private zoo under the name Amigos de las Aves. It was re-branded from 2009 to 2018 as "The Ara Project" with the goal of conserving the two native macaw species of Costa Rica: the great green macaw (Ara ambiguus), known locally as lapa verde, and the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), known locally as lapa roja. It has since re-branded again. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
10.008° N 84.190° W
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1992
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Clouded Oncilla
Leopardus pardinoides
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Where is The Ara Project?
San José, Costa Rica
The Ara Project is a zoo or wildlife park in San José, Costa Rica. Its coordinates are 10.008° N, 84.190° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Poás Volcano National Park, about 22 km away.
When did The Ara Project open?
Opened 1992
The Ara Project, a zoo or wildlife park in San José, Costa Rica, opened in 1992, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.
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Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)