The Santa Rosa National Park is the first national park in Costa Rica, founded in 1972 to commemorate the Hacienda Santa Rosa. Today the Santa Rosa National Park is part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area, protecting a sizable portion of the last tropical dry forest in the world.

The Santa Rosa National Park encompasses a huge chunk of the Santa Elena Peninsula - 49,515 hectares to be precise, and with some of the best camping facilities in the country, this park is not to be missed when visiting beautiful Costa Rica.

Among the main attractions of this park is that it is the only one of its kind on the planet, where 10 distinctive habitations can be found. It is home to over 115 species of mammals, over 10,000 species of insects, 250 species of birds, and around 100 species of amphibians and other reptiles.
The Santa Rosa National Park is divided into two zones, the Santa Rosa section and the Murcielago section.

Here you will also find well marked out walking trials, which lead visitors through spectacular forests and gushing waterfalls. Several popular trails are the Naked Indian loop trail and the Los Patos trail. Located 13 km from La Casona, are the stunning beaches of Playa Naranjo and Playa Nancite. Playa Nancite with the white sand is famous for the nesting of ridley turtles, while the grey sand Playa Naranjo is home to Witches Rock and some of the best surfing in the world.