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GUANACASTE
Liberia, Guanacaste
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This park is located at North Pacific Area, 36 kilometers North of
Liberia City, Province of Guanacaste, and has an extention of 32.512
hectares with a huge ecological diversity distributed in its very humid
forest, humid forest, cloudy forest and dry tropical forests. It is
important to remark that Tempisque River is born in this park. By its
extension, diversity and location, in the Atlantic side as well as in
the Pacific one, the park possesses a great biological diversity in
its humid evergreen forest. The forest in the tops of the volcanos Orosí
and Cocoa is primary, the plants excel epífitas as bromelias
and orchids, exist helechos, aráceas and mosses. This National
Park protects about 3.000 species of plants, 300 of birds, 5.000 of
nocturnal and diurnal butterflies, as well as many mammals such as jaguars,
monkeys, tepescuintles, pumas and deers. The Park grounds offer restrooms,
drinking water, lookout point and trails.
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