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SANTA ROSACOSTA RICA Peñas Blancas
Playa Naranjo
The Santa Rosa Node is located in the heart of the Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG), which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is located in northwestern Costa Rica, and includes Santa Rosa National Park, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Iguanita Wildlife Refuge, Isla Bolaños Wildlife Refuge, Bahía Junquillal Wildlife Refuge and the Horizontes Forest Experimental Station.
The ACG contains four of the five main ecosystems of the tropics: marine/coastal, dry forest, cloud forest and rainforest, representing the only area in the New World to harbor such a diversity of ecosystems.
Punta Blanca
Islas Murciélago
Santa Rosa
Road network
Miravalles Volcano
Puerto Soley
Bahía Salinas
Playa Rajada
Playa Jobo Junquillal Wildlife
Sonzapote
Los Andes
Refuge
Playa Soley
Golfo Sta. Elena Cuajiniquil
Santa Rosa National Park
Playa Naranjo
Isla Bolaños
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Santa Rosa
Brasilia
Main bird watching spot
Secondary bird watching spot
Main towns
Protected areas
Nueva Zelandia Liberia
Curubandé
Colonia Blanca
San Jorge
Bagaces
Main bird watching sites
• Santa Rosa National Park
• Rincón de la Vieja National Park
• Bahía Junquillal Wildlife National Refuge • Isla Bolaños Wildlife National Refuge
• Iguanita Wildlife National Refuge
• Horizontes Forest Experimental Station
• Sector San Cristóbal
Nearby local communities
La Cruz
Sta. Cecilia
Argendora
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Nicaragua Delicias
San Isidro de Zapote
Upala
Vocán Orosí
Guanacaste National Park
Quebrada Grande
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Rincón de la Vieja National Park
Aguas Claras
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• Cuajiniquil • Bahía Salinas
• Sonzapote • Los Andes
• Brasilia • Junquillal Refuge • Playa Soley
• Tierra Madre Reserve • Argendora • Playa Rajada
• Punta Blanca • Isla Bolaños • Playa Naranjo • La Cruz • El Jobo • Tempatal • Puerto Soley • Santa Cecilia
Sector San Cristóbal
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