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Central Panama, Panama
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Santa Fe National Park (Parque Nacional Santa Fe) is a large protected area of more than 700,000 hectares of highland forest in Central Panama. The park is undeveloped with no visitor center, campgrounds, or other visitor infrastructure. It preserves pristine wilderness and is an ideal park for hikers, birdwatchers, and other nature lovers. Several rivers and small streams cascade down the park's mountainous slopes and the park is famous for its scenic remote waterfalls.
The park has historically been difficult to reach with no modern roads and no park infrastructure, however, the government built a new highway 33 (locally known as the Caribbean Highway) that crosses through the park.
Read in the guideHiking is the only option. It is an enormous park requiring many hours to reach. Trails are unimproved, unmaintained, and generally unmarked so you'll want to do some research or hire a local guide to show you the way.
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