The only tropical rain forest in America’s national forest system, El Yunque covers almost 30,000 acres in Puerto Rico’s eastern half. Home to well over 200 species of plants and animals, some ...

Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Puerto Rico By Jonathan Runge For whatever reason, PR gets bad PR. True, the capital, San Juan, deserves its reputation as a honky-tonk haven for gamblers, ...

El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the national forest system. The park lives up to the distinction with nearly 29,000 acres of dense rainforest inhabited by geckos ...

For Caribbean National Forest information, call 809-887-2875. ... Budget, and National. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (800-223-6530) can provide you with additional travel information.

Puerto Rico is also known as the "Isla del Encanto," or "Island of Enchantment" in English. getty. ... El Yunque was officially known as the "Caribbean National Forest" until 2007.

Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and U.S. territory located between the island of Hispaniola and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It's one of the oldest continuously inhabited islands in the ...

CARIBBEAN NATIONAL FOREST, Puerto Rico — Raucous squawking erupts from cages filled with parrots -- a hopeful sound from a species on the brink of extinction. The last chance of survival for the ...

Located in northeastern Puerto Rico, El Yunque National Forest is America’s only ... It also is a top destination for Caribbean ecotourism, hosting one million visitors and contributing $5.5 ...