Jeannette Kawas National Park

Jeannette Kawas National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Jeannette Kawas) is a national park located in the municipality of Tela, on the northern Caribbean coast of the Atlántida department of Honduras, established on 4 November 1994.

[1] The park was created and is managed by the PROLANSATE foundation (protection of Lancetilla, Punta Sal and Texiguat).

[citation needed] Jeannette Kawas National Park is part of the Ramsar Convention List of Wetlands of International Importance and was designated as such on March 28, 1995.

[citation needed] The park is located in the municipality of Tela, on the northern Caribbean coast of the Atlántida department of Honduras.

[1] The park is made up of varied marine, terrestrial and wetlands ecosystems with a large number of species.

Sign welcoming visitors to Parque Nacional Jeannette Kawas
Golden silk spider from the Punta Sal peninsula