Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PARQUES NACIONALES BERMÚDEZ &
RAMÍREZ
In 1956 the Dominican government established Parque Nacional Armando Bermúdez with
the hope of preventing the kind of deforestation occurring in Haiti. The park encompasses
766 sq km of partially tree-flanked mountains and pristine valleys. Two years later, an ad-
joining area of 764 sq km to the south was designated Parque Nacional José del Carmen
Ramírez. Between them, the parks contain three of the highest peaks in the Caribbean, and
the headwaters of 12 major rivers, including the Río Yaque del Norte, the country's only
white-water, and most important, river.
