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Santa Rosa National Park (Parque Nacional Santa Rosa) is a large national park in the Guanacaste province of western Costa Rica. It preserves a large area of dry tropical forest and together with Guanacaste National Park and other neighboring national parks, provides a large contiguous protected natural area as suitable habitat with sufficient space for large cats, such as the jaguar and puma (as well as myriad other species).
By bus
Regional buses frequently go between Liberia and the Nicaragua border (La Cruz).
By car
From Liberia, drive north on the Pan-American highway (CA 1) for about 40 km and you will see the sign for the park turnoff to the left.
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