{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='National Park goes access all areas' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bdf4d8eafeecae137ecc' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bdf4d8eafeecae137ecc' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNational Park goes access all areas\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eCosta Rica is considered one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world. It's helped the country become globally renowned for eco-tourism.Now, one popular rainforest park claims to be fully accessible for people with different...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eCosta Rica is considered one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world. It's helped the country become globally renowned for eco-tourism.\u003cbr/\u003eNow, one popular rainforest park claims to be fully accessible for people with different abilities. \u003cbr/\u003eThis green frog, or the anteater bear are just some of the animals living at this nature reserve in Costa Rica. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Carara National Park is not just catering for those that can see the creatures. It is a specially adapted park for disabled people wanting to experience the park through touch and sound. \u003cbr/\u003eCosta Rica's new inclusive policy will enable people to discover different species, and to do it on their own terms. \u003cbr/\u003e51-year-old music teacher, Gerardo Mora is blind. And until recently, a walk through the rainforest on his own would have been very difficult. \u003cbr/\u003eMora can now pick up a specially adapted audioguide, and walk over to the information board that has braille information. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Carara National Park is adapted to the needs of people with different abilities, and features things like an embossed map that points out rest points along the way. \u003cbr/\u003eWith the help of his guidedog, Mora embarks on the rainforest pathways. He can enjoy the sounds and smells of the rainforest. \u003cbr/\u003eHe can also feel the clay statues of rainforest creatures, such as the macaw. The different sculptures enable visually impaired people to get a better sense of what the animals look like. \u003cbr/\u003eMora says: \"When they added the clay statues, it was good because I know for the first time what a Macaw is like. There is some equality, and I can now identify the same things as people that can see. Later when they began to make audio MP3 maps, then one says, \"Okay, perfect!\" What they are reading, I am listening to. When they brought out the embossed maps, you can point out the paths. It is important because walking along the path, or somewhere does not mean that one will know how it is exactly because I cannot feel it with my feet, but when you feel it in your hands, you can understand what it's like, and have the independence that anyone wants to have, and no need to have someone saying \"this, and that\" about how things are, you have it at your fingertips.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe campaign to build \"a path for all\" was developed within six months in an alliance of the public-private sector. \u003cbr/\u003e151,000 Costa Ricans also donated money, and the trail was completed in 2012. \u003cbr/\u003ePark director, Roc�o Echeverri says the success of the route in the park is down to four things: safety, independence, comfort and the natural surroundings. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I would like to highlight that the park is a mix of all the elements, and all the tactile additions make it special. It is not only because it has specially adapted paths, tactile maps, audio guides, labelling, and sculptures to help people with disabilities to enjoy it in the following manner - independence, comfort, nature, and safety - these are the four parts that actually ensure the path is accessible,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eJust one hour from San Jos�, the trail cuts through two forests, and presents a unique biodiversity in fauna and flora. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the park you can see hairy caterpillars dangling by a thread, or anthills with leaf-cutter ants. \u003cbr/\u003eOr an El Ceibo tree or perhaps an iguana if you are lucky. \u003cbr/\u003eTheatre producer, Eduardo Mosheim is seeing the park from his wheelchair.\u003cbr/\u003eHe stopped to enjoy the hairy caterpillars: \"Well what I liked are the hairy caterpillars, it's just funny because, there are a few caterpillars that were just hanging... I began to take pictures because there were a few worms that were moving along on threads, which was very impressive. But when I got close to the caterpillar, you could see that it had a lot of hairs, and colours, and was very luxurious.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCosta Rica is considered one of the 20 countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world. More than 500,000 species that are found in this area represent about 4% of the total species estimated worldwide.\u003cbr/\u003eVisits to the Carara National Park have increased by 70 percent since the open access scheme began. \u003cbr/\u003eGiving more people the chance to experience the beauty in the world around them. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eCarara National Park, Costa Rica - June 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Close of frog\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of anteater bear \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of sign of Carara National Park\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of entrance as Gerardo Mora, who is blind, and his guide dog for the blind approaches the ticket booth \u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of Mora approaching receptionist at ticket hall \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of Mora collecting audio guide\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of Mora walking to specially adapted map for blind people \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of brail embossed sign\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of map and route\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of Mora following the route with his hands\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of guide dog\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of Mora walking with dog\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of Mora feeling clay statue of macaw\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of Mora feeling clay statue\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of Mora feeling statues\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Gerardo Mora, blind visitor, music teacher: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When they added the clay statues, it was good because I know for the first time what a Macaw is like. There is some equality, and I can now identify the same things as people that can see. Later when they began to make audio MP3 maps, then one says, \"Okay, perfect!\" What they are reading, I am listening to. When they brought out the embossed maps, you can point out the paths. It is important because walking along the path, or somewhere does not mean that one will know how it is exactly because I cannot feel it with my feet, but when you feel it in your hands, you can understand what it's like, and have the independence that anyone wants to have, and no need to have someone saying \"this, and that\" about how things are, you have it at your fingertips.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of sign reading: \"reserved\" and figure of person walking with stick\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of viewing area reserved for disabled people \u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of woman taking a photograph of boy in wheelchair\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of man pushing man up slope up with wheelchair\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of wheelchairs being pushed along path\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of wheelchairs\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of wheelchairs and carers on the trail\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roc�o Echeverri, Park Director: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I would like to highlight that the park is a mix of all the elements, and all the tactile additions make it special. It is not only because it has specially adapted paths, tactile maps, audio guides, labelling, and sculptures to help people with disabilities to enjoy it in the following manner - independence, comfort, nature, and safety - these are the four parts that actually ensure the path is accessible.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of hairy caterpillar\u003cbr/\u003e26. Pan left of man in wheelchair, Eduardo Mosheim \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of ants walking over leaves\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid pan up ceiba tree\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid of Mosheim looking at wildlife\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close of black frog\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of hairy caterpillar moving\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close of iguana\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide of visitor pushing wheelchair around trail\u003cbr/\u003e34. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Eduardo Mosheim, disabled person in wheelchair, theatre producer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well what I liked are the hairy caterpillars, it's just funny because, there are a few caterpillars that were just hanging... I began to take pictures because there were a few worms that were moving along on threads, which was very impressive. But when I got close to the caterpillar, you could see that it had a lot of hairs, and colours, and was very luxurious.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. Mid of group of tourists\u003cbr/\u003e36. Wide of tourists\u003cbr/\u003e37. 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