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Overview
About La Trampa
Why stop
- A distinct shoreline feature tied to a traditional fishing story
Heads up
- The stones are visible only at low tide
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Manuel Antonio Tour Guide
Your drive to La Trampa, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Manuel Antonio National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Playa Manuel Antonio and Punta Catedral0:00 / 0:37
“You're approaching the park entrance, the way in to Playa Manuel Antonio and Punta Catedral. The beaches are farther inside, reached on foot.”
Plays as you drive up to La Trampa in the Parkwolf Manuel Antonio Tour Guide.
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More about La Trampa
A low-tide feature on Manuel Antonio BeachLa Trampa is a small archaeological stone feature on the shore beside Punta Catedral, at Manuel…
La Trampa is a small archaeological stone feature on the shore beside Punta Catedral, at Manuel Antonio Beach. It is a quick find to add to a beach visit, rather than a separate destination across the park.
Look at low tideThe stones are visible at low tide.
The stones are visible at low tide. If the tide is high, the feature is hard to see, so time your look around the water instead of building a stop around it.
The story behind the stonesLocal tradition says Indigenous people used La Trampa to catch fish and turtles.
Local tradition says Indigenous people used La Trampa to catch fish and turtles. That account is also told as a legend, so its age and exact purpose remain uncertain. The stones are still an unusual trace of how people may have worked this coast.
A headland with a longer storyPunta Catedral beside the feature was once an island before a narrow tombolo joined it to shore.
Punta Catedral beside the feature was once an island before a narrow tombolo joined it to shore. That rocky point gives La Trampa its setting at the edge of the beach.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Manuel Antonio
411 sightingsHowler MonkeyMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
1,193 sightingsWhite-faced Capuchin MonkeyMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
803 sightingsThree-toed SlothMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
271 sightingsTwo-toed SlothMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
110 sightingsRed-eyed Tree FrogMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
170 sightingsCoatiMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Manuel Antonio. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
