Las Nubes Rainforest
The Las Nubes Rainforest Preserve is a 145 hectare (360 acre) parcel of land that is immediately across the river, the Rio Penas Blancas, from Vistas de Chirripo Country Estates. This land was donated toYork University of Toronto, Canada in 1998 by Dr. Woody Fisher for conservation and research, and it is administered by the Faculty of Environmental Studies of York University. It is now a designated conservation area, through an agreement between York University and the Tropical Science Centre based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Access to the preserve is restricted to researchers and students. There is no development within the preserve.
The Tropical Science Centre now protects Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, founded by Dr. Alexander Skutch, which is located downstream from Vistas de Chirripo Country Estates on the Rio Penas Blancas. The Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor is to connect the Bird Sanctuary in the lowlands with Las Nubes and with the highlands of Chirripo National Park and La Amistad International Park. Local residents have begun to offer tourism opportunities in the Albert Skutch Biological Corridor with a focus on promoting understanding and presevation of the corridor.
Most of the building sites in Vistas de Chirripo Country Estates have views of the rainforest of Las Nubes on the mountain sides rising up from the valley across the river, a beautiful and permanent picture.
