El Yunque National Forest

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

The El Yunque National Forest (Spanish Bosque Nacional El Yunque ), first under the name Luquillo National Forest, later known as the Caribbean National Forest, is a rain forest in the east of Puerto Rico. He is the only rain forest under the management of the U.S. Forest Service.

Mountains

The terrain of the rainforest is mainly determined by the Luquillo Mountains. This also includes the mountain El Yunque ( 1,080 m ), after which the National Forest named 2007.

Flora and Fauna

The National Forest is characterized by a particularly high biodiversity of ..

Tourism

Each year, the Rainforest is destination of about 600,000 ecologically interested visitors from all over the world.