Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife refuge in Pococí Canton, Costa Rica.

Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge covers 81,177 hectares in Limón Province, northeastern Costa Rica, within the Tortuguero Conservation Area. Its vegetation is grouped into three main types: palm-dominated swamp forest known as yolillal (Raphia taedigera), gamalotal grassland and flooded forest. The refuge also encompasses coastal areas, lagoons, rivers and herbaceous swamps, and the inactive Tortuguero Volcano lies on its southeast edge.

Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge was created in 1985 as part of the Tortuguero Conservation Area in Limón Province. It protects 81,177 hectares, making it Costa Rica's second most extensive continental protected wild area. The inactive Tortuguero Volcano lies on its southeast edge.

The village of Tortuguero sits on the refuge's southern border and holds two research stations, and the neighbouring national park takes its name from the village. The refuge's rivers and lagoons are fished, and the wetlands are dominated by yolillal, palm swamp forest of Raphia taedigera.

Access requires either a domestic flight to a gravel airstrip or boat travel through the canal system north of Limón. Visitors should expect tropical weather and remote conditions with limited facilities.

The refuge covers 81,177 hectares, making it the second most extensive continental protected wild area in Costa Rica, after only larger mainland reserves. It lies 99 kilometres from San José, and the inactive Tortuguero Volcano sits on its southeast edge.