Description
Finca Barra Honda is a diamond in the rough, particularly for a cattle producer/breeder, for agriculture production and teak plantations, tourism and / or for private forest reserve. The farm has great potential due to its characteristics, its water and available lumber, its topography and its location, with flat areas for agricultural production and forests and hills for forest protection and views of the gulf. The farm is located in the town of Barra Honda, Nicoya County, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. This area is recognized for its proximity to the Barra Honda National Park, one of the few parks in Costa Rica with caverns of limestone origin, accessible to local and foreign tourists. The access to the farm is through paved national routes. Son important details of the farm are:
120 hectares of pasture for cattle.
25 hectares of 10-year old teak.
150+ hectares of tropical dry forest.
150 m2 house with swimming pool and fruit trees.
60 m2 Cattle corral and 50 m2 storage warehouse.
80-mts deep water well.
Municipal water available, phone and internet connection.
Has several water springs providing year-round house and cattle supply.
A small stream with a small waterfall crosses the farm during the rainy season only.
Part of the forest under MINAE / FONAFIFO Protection.
View of the Nicoya Gulf from the top of the hills.
Approximately 50% of the farm is rolling hills and 50% is forest hills of 300 mts in elevation.
About the location:
Barra Honda Town: The town of Barra Honda is a typical small town of Guanacaste Province. It is a town surrounded by cattle farms, wooded slopes and located on the slopes of Barra Honda Mountain, which is part of Barra Honda National Park. It is a town that offers few services, most of which can be found in other nearby towns and in the City of Nicoya, 20 km away on a fully paved road. Barra Honda is characterized by being a very quiet town, with its church, its school, its communal hall and its bull ring for the tico-style bull games and year-end festivities.
Barra Honda National Park: A popular destination for local and foreign tourists, the 2,300-hectare Barra Honda National Park constitutes the most important limestone cave system discovered so far in Costa Rica, with approximately 70 million years of age. The Barra Honda hill, about 300 meters high, is made up of ancient coral reefs that emerged due to an uplift caused by tectonic faults, about 60 million years ago. It is one of the many calcareous hills that are located in the province of Guanacaste, on both sides of the Tempisque River, and the only one in the area that has large caverns with large stalactites and stalagmites. In total, 19 caverns have been discovered, ranging from the shortest and smallest to the largest 240 meters in length.
Additional information about the price: Price significantly reduced by motivated seller (US$3,256 per hectare).
