Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica (Center on Interactive Map)

The area surrounding the campsite was mostly second growth thorn forest. The Rio Tempisque floods into a flat area near the campground providing freshwater marsh. It looked possible to take a boat to the estuary area, but I am not sure how you would arrange that.

We planned to stay a couple of nights here, but the weather was extremely hot. So, we hitchhiked with a ranger to another park nearby with a waterfall and swimming hole. Despite the bad weather, we were able to get in some good wildlife viewing... we even had three species of monkey in our campsite.

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Trips

Mexico to Panama

2/18/2009: We took a bus from Liberia to Bagaces where we found a taxi to take us into Palo Verde National Park. We set up camp in a pretty run down camping area amid a small mango orchard. For dinner, we took advantage of an on-site cafeteria.

The weather was very hot and dry, so we did not stay long, instead opting to hitch with a ranger to another nearby park with a waterfall.

We did get a nice show in the morning when three species of monkey visited the campsite.

Previous Visit (Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone: 2/17/2009)
Next Visit (Santa Elena - Hidden Valley: 2/20/2009)

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