Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily

Location:
9 m southwest of Santa Cruz

Access:
There is bus service as far as the community of Santa Cruz, from there by car or taxi as there is no public transport to the station.

Bus schedules:

Alfaro Transport Enterprise,
Phone. (506) 680-0401 or 222-2666
Santa Cruz-San José: 5:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m.,
and 4:45 p.m. by way of the Tempisque ferry.
San José-Santa Cruz: 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m.
Tralapa Transport Enterprise,
Phone:. (506) 680-0392 or 223-5876
Santa Cruz-San José: 3:00 a.m., 4:30 a.m., 5:00 a.m. by way of the ferry, 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m. by way of the ferry, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
San José-Santa Cruz: 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. by way of the ferry, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 by way of the ferry, 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.

Distances to population centers:
9 m to Santa Cruz, Guanacaste
128 m to San José by way of the Tempisque ferry
172 m via Liberia

ATTRACTIONS OF YOU CAN FIND IN THE DIRÍA
WILDLIFE REFUGE FOREST

o Tropical Dry Forest in transition to Tropical Moist Forest.
o Premontane Wet Forest.
o Protects parts of the watersheds of the Ríos Enmedio, Diriá, and Tigre
o Includes representative samples of two life zones: Tropical Dry Forest and Premontane Wet Forest.
o Elevations ranging from 459 to 3150 feet
o Tree species commonly found include guayabo (Psidium guajava), pochote (Bombacopsis quinatum), tempisque (Sideroxylom tempisque), ojoche (Brosimun alicastrum) and guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum).
o Some of the mammals found here are:mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), raccoon (Procyon lotor), grison (Galictis vittata) and peccary (Tayassu tajacu).

THE BOSQUE DIRIÁ SECTOR'S LODGING,
FACILITIES AND SERVICES

o Lodging for up to 25 people, in shared rooms
o Drinking water
o Food for groups larger than 10, with advance notice
o Study and meeting rooms
o Electric generator
o Laboratory
o Trails

Guanacaste / Santa Cruz / Santa Cruz
Longitude: 85:35:37.0004
Latitud: 10:10:23.0000
Elevation: 164 feet.a.s.l.