Brief synthesisThe Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park extends along the border between Panama and Costa Rica. on both sides of the border, including Cerro Chirripo, the highest elevation in Costa Rica and all of southern Central America at 3,819 m.a.s.l. Pre-ceramic archaeological sites indicate that the Talamanca Range has a history of many millennia of human occupation. The many forest types include tropical lowland rainforest, montane forest, cloud forest and oak forest. The Talamanca Range hosts countless rivers and creeks, some of them forming spectacular waterfalls.