Santa Fe National Park

Discover Santa Fe National Park

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 was established as part of the Panama national parks system in 2001 to protect the biodiversity of a large, pristine area of highland rainforest and dry tropical forest. The park counts more than 300 bird species within its boundaries as well as several hundred endemic plants, including a number of species of orchid. The park is mostly remote wilderness with no access by road. Most visitors access the park from various points around its perimeter and hike into the park (though horseback is also an option).