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National park in El Salvador
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El Imposible National Park is a 5,000-hectare protected natural area in western El Salvador on the border with neighboring Guatemala. It is a beautiful national park consisting of dense, dry tropical rainforest. The park is rich in biodiversity, has some excellent hiking trails, and is home to an archaeological site full of petroglyphs (stone carvings). It's popular with naturalists as well as adventurous budget travelers who love the open-air backcountry camping. What more could a person want in a national park?
Chicken bus route 259 (La Hachadura) leaves Sonsonate every 10 minutes for the border with Guatemala (the bus windshield will say "Frontera" as its terminal point, it may also say "Cara Sucia" lower on the windshield or…
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