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Travel > Caribbean & Atlantic Travel destinations: El Yunque Rain Forest, Puerto Rico

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Going Green
Exploring the Nooks and Crannies of the El Yunque Rainforest

The raindrops drum onto leaves below, the twittering Coqui frogs keep time with the beat, and every inch of the land is a shade of green, from turquoise to olive to chartreuse.

Just a short bus ride from the seaside resort town of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, it's hard to believe the El Yunque Rainforest exists so close to civilization.

But El Yunque, the only rain forest in the U.S. Forest Service system, encompasses 28,000 acres of Puerto Rico and includes the Luquillo Mountains, offering spectacular, emerald v...

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