The Palo Verde National Park of Costa Rica

Palo Verde National Park is located in Costa Rica; in Spanish the park is referred to as Parque Nacional Palo Verde. This national park is included in the country’s Tempisque Conservation Area; the largest share of this conservation area is situated on Tempisque River valley covering over 45,492 acres of Guanacaste Province. To be more precise, Palo Verde is located 30Km towards the west of the canton, Canas.

The region is covered by tropical dry forest; the place is also home to limestone ridges, seasonal pools, marshes and vital floodplains. These creations of nature are conserved here from encroachment of human civilization for saving the vulnerable ecology of the region from being destroyed.

During your visit to the Palo Verde National Park, you will get to explore through the park’s Ranger Station. The Ranger Station stays open from 8am till dusk. The place has restrooms and potable water for making the voyage comfortable for the visitors. The other notable area of the national park is the Biological Station. The park is particularly famous for being home to a wide range of avian species.

This reserve forest was originally established with the aim of preserving the endangered bird species. The entire area of the park is segmented into 15 topographical zones, which ranges from mangrove swamps to evergreen forests. Each of these topographical regions houses bird species that are naturally suited to their respective environment. The bird species that can be spotted regularly at the Palo Verde National Park include names like Scarlet Macaws, wood storks, Great Curassows,  white ibis,  anhingas, roseate spoonbills, jabirus and many such others.

As mentioned earlier, Palo Verde protects an extremely endangered ecosystem on earth. The park is among the few existing dry tropical rainforests of the world.  Earlier, most part of the Central America was covered by dry tropical rainforests; however, currently only 0.1% of Central America has this ecosystem. It is believed that if the plans drafted by the Palo Verde National Park work in the right direction, this ecosystem will be protected successfully.