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El Yunque isn’t set up for camping, although there is the option for overnighting in Casa Cubuy, an eco-lodge on the south side of the forest. The ten-room lodge is set on lush rainforest ...
In addition to the mainland, Puerto Rico is also made up of several smaller islands, including Vieques and Culebra (you’ll ...
If your idea of a successful Puerto Rican vacation sounds like relaxing by the turquoise waters of San Juan while sipping on pitorro, you're definitely not wrong. The Island of Enchantment offers ...
Every step squished as my foot disappeared up to my ankle in orange-brown mud on the El Toro National Recreation Trail. Glad to have picked up a walking stick, I ...
El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System, and one of the oldest reserves in the western hemisphere — first set aside in 1876 when Puerto Rico was part of Spain.
The trees in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico were raked bare by Hurricane Maria. Grizelle Gonzalez from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry talks with NPR's Melissa Block.