The small but pleasant town has a nice boardwalk. Its ambience is marred only by the chicken factory and the fertilizer factory. It was designated by the United Nations as a Man and the Biosphere Reserve in 1975. Its dryness is assured by the Cordillera Central which catches most of the rain before it reaches the coast. Local resident Miguel Canales, a local resident, pasrk ranger, and leader of the fight, discovered that the sapo concho, a toad thought to have been extinct, resided in the area, and the planned resort would have restricted its movements and endangered its well being.
Plans are to develop tours and a variety of nature exhibits here.
335 to the end of the road in Sector Jabonillo where there s a ranger station with information and restrooms. From the NE of the town of Guanica, Carr. 334 leads to the reserve and ranger station. The crested toad is born in pools but lives in limestone crevices. The green and leatherback turtles still lay their eggs along the coast, but mongooses are posing a threat to the eggs and hatchlings. The Ameiva wetmorei is a black-bodied lizard which has racing stripes on its back and a blue iridescent tail.