Cahuita: First Accessible National Park

On August 16, Cahuita National Park and Playa Blanca became the first national park to be fully accessible for persons with disabilities through the “Cahuita Accessible” project.

The boardwalk is 180 meters long and 1.2 meters wide and is wheelchair accessible and built with reused plastic lids, which is a material not accepted by all recycling authorities and which pollutes rivers and oceans.

ICT supported the project by acting as a collection center and promoting the campaign to collect the material. The collections were held on March 8, June 28 and August 14, with a total of 16 tons of plastic lids collected.

The project was possible thanks to a public-private partnership between Cahuita National Park, the Asociación Pro Parques and the community, represented by its Local Council.