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6 Destinos by Allen Dickinson
Ponderosa Adventure Park
G
iraffes in Costa Rica? Yes! If you go to the Ponderosa Adventure Park in Guanacaste, located about 10 km south of Liberia on Costa Rica Highway 1. The huge theme park is a short distance off the new, modern, four-lane divided highway. The entrance, on Highway 1, can be readily identified by a huge sign and many well-executed figures of animals and other items adjacent to the highway. (Coming from the south requires passing the
entrance about 2 km, making a U-turn, and returning to the entrance in the southbound lane. WAZE can be helpful.) The park is easily accessible from the gate by the well-paved road.
The park is well designed and decorated, showing a strong inf luence of North American style theme parks. It is immaculately clean, well-organized, and an inviting locale. There is abundant staff, mostly friendly young people, some of whom speak English.
