Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve World Heritage Site

Official name

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve | UNESCO

Country

Honduras | Map

Continent

North America

Location

Northeast of the country in the area known as the “Mosquitia Hondureña”
15.7444° Lat, -84.6750° Lon | Map

Code

196

Time Zone

America/Tegucigalpa (CST, -0600)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1982. Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In its mountainous landscape sloping down to the Caribbean coast, over 2,000 indigenous people have preserved their traditional way of life.