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La Paz Waterfall Gardens: Costa Rican Wildlife Sanctuary
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13 Ratings
Vara Blanca
Experience the beauty of Costa Rica with a semi-private tour to La Paz Waterfall Gardens and a safari on the Sarapiqui River. Explore a private nature reserve filled with rescued wildlife and stunning waterfalls.
Experience the beauty of Costa Rica with a semi-private tour to La Paz Waterfall Gardens and a safari on the Sarapiqui River. Explore a private nature reserve filled with rescued wildlife and stunning waterfalls.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- La Paz Waterfall Gardens - La Paz Waterfall Gardens is the top private ecological attraction in Costa Rica, offering the finest trails near San Jose and showcasing the renowned La Paz Waterfall. It features an animal sanctuary and a private wildlife reserve with over 100 animal species and environmental education programs. Visitors can enjoy five…
- La Paz Waterfall Gardens - La Paz Waterfall Gardens is the top private ecological attraction in Costa Rica, offering the finest trails near San Jose and showcasing the renowned La Paz Waterfall. It features an animal sanctuary and a private wildlife reserve with over 100 animal species and environmental education programs. Visitors can enjoy five waterfalls, cloud and rain forests, trails, an aviary with 40 bird species, hand-feeding toucans, titi monkeys, insect displays, a butterfly farm with a laboratory, 2-toed sloths, capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys, and a hummingbird garden with over 26 documented species. Guests can hand-feed hummingbirds in the mornings and afternoons. The site also includes a serpentarium, jaguars, pumas, ocelots, tigrillos, cauceles, a house of peace with domestic animals, and an ox cart. Additionally, there are frog displays, orchids, heliconias, and bromeliads, all in one location.
- Sarapiqui River - Visit the renowned Sarapiqui River in the Caribbean region, which flows through diverse environments such as humid tropical forests, mountains, and pastures. The river is a favorite among rafters for its rapids, but it also offers calmer sections ideal for safari-style floats. This tour is a leisurely boat trip to explore the vibrant river ecosystem. As the boat travels downstream, keep an eye out for wildlife both in the water and on land, including monkeys, iguanas, sloths, crocodiles, lizards, otters, and a wide variety of bird species. Guides will assist in spotting animals and explaining the ecological significance of the area. The tour lasts two hours and is conducted in a comfortable, modern boat with an engine designed to minimize environmental impact.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch included
- Expertise of a professional guide
- All National Park fees covered
- Skip the long lines with priority access
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch included
- Expertise of a professional guide
- All National Park fees covered
- Skip the long lines with priority access
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a journey through the captivating Costa Rican scenery at La Paz Waterfall Gardens, where rescued jaguars, vibrant butterflies, exotic birds, and tropical waterfalls await. This private nature reserve, accessible from San Jose, aims to educate visitors while offering a haven for rescued wildlife through its diverse gardens and exhibits….
Embark on a journey through the captivating Costa Rican scenery at La Paz Waterfall Gardens, where rescued jaguars, vibrant butterflies, exotic birds, and tropical waterfalls await. This private nature reserve, accessible from San Jose, aims to educate visitors while offering a haven for rescued wildlife through its diverse gardens and exhibits. Additionally, explore the stunning Sarapiqui River, all within a single day.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
La Paz Waterfall Gardens
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(13 Ratings)
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Barbara_g
Feb 4, 2026
Beautiful tour - Animals in the wild on the river cruise and on the side of the road were incredible - quati, crocodiles, howler monkeys, toucans, iguanas, Jesus Christ lizard, many birds, and more. La Paz Waterfall Park is beautiful and you can see most of the animals of Costa Rica.
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Stasha_b
Mar 15, 2025
Tour guide Ronnie was... - Tour guide Ronnie was amazing!! He is filled with much knowledge, happy to share, ask questions and be asked and allowed me an easy solo experience. Feeding the animals is not guaranteed if that was something in description that excited one to chose this over others. Otherwise worth every penny.
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Terry_s
Dec 25, 2024
Awesome last day in Costa Rica! - Oscar was our private guide. He was awesome & stopped at a couple of spots to see birds & waterfalls! After he learned Mark was a photographer, he catered to that. We thoroughly enjoyed whole day!
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Deepan_s
Aug 31, 2024
Private and flexible - Overall we had a great experience
Given it was low season, it ended up becoming a private tour so we had our exclusive guide snd suv
The guide was nice and knowledgable and he helped modify our tour to swap out the la paz garden with zipline seamlessly (we just paid the delta), which worked out better for us
We still took pictures infront of the falls, we just skipped the animal rescue center as we got to see a lot of snimals in the natural habitat already 😊
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Susansr1474cx
Mar 11, 2024
Nature and Waterfall trail - Loved the trip. The scenery was amazing and the 7 waterfall were stunningly beautiful.
The la paz waterfall park has unique displays of animals and a very nice eating pavilion. The trails are easy to follow through everchanging gardens but beware there are hundreds of steps up n down to navigate . Ricardo our driver and guide was the best guide for this adventure
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Susandh8424gi
Dec 13, 2023
Amazing Day with Destiny Travel! - We loved the Destiny Tours La Paz Waterfall Gardens and Sarapiqui River tour! La Paz is beyond beautiful with orchids, hummingbirds, frogs, toucans, scarlet macaws, parrots, coatis, sloths, ocelots, margays, and a jaguar. The gardens and waterfalls are exquisite. A wonderful buffet lunch was included.
Our trip down the Sarapiqui River in a covered boat was so much fun! We saw two caimans, iguanas, Anhingas, swallows, butterflies, and five troops of Mantled Howler monkeys.
Oscar and Armando, our Destiny guide and driver were so kind and taught us so much. We stopped at a lovely coffee finca to see the beans ripening, a sopa (local restaurant) in the mountains to take in spectacular waterfall and hummingbird views, we watched whitewater rafters, and sampled fresh pineapple at a farmstand.
Oscar and Armando treated us like family and made our first day in Costa Rica amazing!
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Lucy
Jan 25, 2023
Highly recommend. - It is very hard to .pick a favorite part of this excursion. We were picked up on time, offered a water bottle in the comfortable van, and set off with Christian driving and Ron guiding. We had a lovely boat ride and saw many howler monkeys and several sloths, including one with a baby. We also saw a baby porcupine sleeping in a tree! There were birds all around, and Ron was able to identify many of them.
Afterwards we went to the falls and the nature preserve. Both were beautiful and the preserve is very well done. We had the buffet lunch there and it was varied and delicious. We walked down to each of the falls and then set off for home. At one point we pulled over to see some toucans in a tree. Much appreciated.
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Desireevsanchez
Dec 31, 2022
Fantastic Day Trip, covers so much - We had the best time on this trip with Oscar! My sister and I are first time traveler's and he made the entire experience so comfortable, educational and fun. The views were spectacular and the combination of the river boat tour where we saw many monkeys and birds, the gorgeous waterfalls, and the grounds and exhibits at La Paz was just right. But the best part may have been the scenery on the way - he drives a circular route between the river and La Paz, so you can experience huge variations between the high mountain rainforest and lower Caribbean side farms and everything in between. Just beautiful. Even if you had only one day to spend in Costa Rica this would be a great way to see it.
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John_c
Sep 17, 2022
Great Day with a great guide. - Philander, our guide for the day, was the absolute best. We were with him for a long day, and he made everything interesting and fun. He is informative, loves his country and it’s beauty, patient, and always pleasant. This ended up being a private tour for the two of us. The long drive back was slow because of rain and traffic, but Philander stayed upbeat and patient even through that.
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Samuel_b
Jan 9, 2020
Excellent Tour - I highly recommend this tour.We were lucky enough to be alone on that day so it was only us and the tour guide Mauricio who was excellent, very knowledgeable and kind.The river safari is nice and pleasant and we did spot a lot of animals in their habitat.During the afternoon the La Paz Waterfall gardens is absolutely gorgeous and a must when in Costa Rica to discover it’s beautiful nature and wildlife.
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