About: Your typical city zoo with plenty of local wildlife. A great option for young children during a day in the city. Province: San Jose Starting from: Downtown San Jose Time to reach from starting location: 5 minutes Time needed for activity: 2-3 hours Kid friendly: Yes Wheelchair accessible: Yes What to wear and bring:…
Tag: wildlife exhibits
Santa Ana Conservation Center
About: This conservation center provides a relaxing outing right in the city where you won’t feel like you’re in the city. On a large loop trail they have a small museum about agricultural history, farm animals and other local species, ranchos for picnics, and large green spaces for running around and playing sports. Province: San…
Refugio Animal de Costa Rica
About: This wildlife rehabilitation center offers educational tours that allow visitors to learn about and get up close with native Costa Rican wildlife. They receive animals that have been rescued from various situations, always with the goal of rehabilitating them and returning them to the wild as soon as possible. However, not all cases can…
Mariposario Butterfly Kingdom
About: This butterfly garden offers educational tours that teaches and shows the stages of the life cycle of butterflies. It is small but they have several species in their garden. It is located very centrally in Escazu and is an easy visit while in the city. They have a restaurant. Province: San Jose Starting from:…
Downtown Heredia Wildlife Exhibits and Gardens
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Toucan Rescue Ranch
About: This is a wildlife sanctuary that cares for local wildlife brought in by the government. They are not a zoo. They receive injured, sick, confiscated, and displaced animals, specializing in toucans, sloths, and owls, but also other wildlife. Their ultimate goal is to rehabilitate animals back into the wild when possible. However, there are…
Frog’s Heaven
About: This wildlife refuge is known for its natural frog habitats, but is also home to birds, bats, sloths, snakes, insects, iguanas, and more. There is no shortage of fauna here, though it is not a zoo and no animals are caged. They provide a guided tour to help you spot wildlife and educate you…
Dave and Dave’s Costa Rica Nature Park
About: This wildlife refuge offers tours that guarantee wildlife sightings as certainly as possible without actually owning or caging any animals. They have a beautiful property filled with wildlife, and though you aren’t guaranteed to see any animals, you will likely see birds including toucans and hummingbirds, as well as poisonous frogs. They have feeders…
Downtown Cartago Wildlife Exhibits and Gardens
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Miriam’s Quetzals
About: This is a popular birding destination as it nearly guarantees daily sightings of the Resplendent Quetzal from October to January when it feeds on their local Aguacatillo trees. They also have bird feeders where you can watch the Quetzal and many other beautiful birds like finches, tanagers, hummingbirds, and woodpeckers. They have a restaurant…