Utría National Natural Park
Colombian national park
The Utría National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Ensenada de Utría) is a national park in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
It contains diverse flora and fauna in a lush, mountainous rainforest environment with some of the highest rainfall in the world, at up to 10,000 millimetres (390 in) annually.
The park also protects the coastal marine environment, and is known for visits by humpback whales, who give birth in the lagoon after which the park is named, and sea turtles who nest on the beaches.
There is accommodation for visitors, and ecotourism services are provided by the local indigenous people and members of the coastal Afro-Colombian communities.
Location
The Utría National Natural Park is on the Pacific coast of Colombia in the Chocó Department.
It covers parts of the municipalities of Bahía Solano, Nuquí, Bojayá and Alto Baudó.
The park overlaps the territory of the Emberá indigenous people, who have well-preserved cultural traditions.
There are also fishing villages of Afro-Colombian people along the coast.
Both groups are strongly oriented towards conservation of the environment.
The park is north of the Gulf of Tribugá.
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