La Paz Waterfalls Gardens Tour: Discover Beautiful Waterfalls and Animal Rescue Center in Costa Rica

Experience the beauty of La Paz Waterfalls Gardens in Costa Rica. Explore stunning waterfalls and visit an animal rescue center. Book your tour now!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Paz Waterfall Gardens - Embark on an unforgettable journey through the trails of a distinctive rainforest, where there is an opportunity to discover over 110 species of wild animals. During the tour, the natural beauty of Costa Rica’s 5 tallest waterfalls will be explored, offering an impressive spectacle that showcases the majesty of nature….
What's Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

Explore one of Costa Rica’s most remarkable tourist destinations: La Paz Waterfalls Gardens. This tour invites you to discover Costa Rica’s most breathtaking waterfalls, with some reaching heights of over 80 meters.
The tour spans 7 hours, with daily departures at 10 a.m. from San Jose, just an hour away. During the excursion, participants will explore…

Location
La Paz Waterfall Gardens
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Hollyanne_a
Apr 5, 2026
The best tour guide - I had an experience behind my expectations. Pablo was so knowledgeable and kind. I highly recommend this tour!
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C4057ircynthiab
Mar 16, 2026
This tour checks all the boxes - This is the tour to book if you want to see animals, get a picture with a toucan, see foliage, waterfalls, and see the rainforest. The guide is able to provide education and a conservation perspective. This or the full day version would be the best to get the most out of your time/tours.
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Ivan_f
Mar 12, 2026
Beautiful park - It was fun the very attentive and intelligent guide and help you all as people to know the park
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Renee_m
Feb 16, 2026
Highly recommended - This experience was well worth it and we enjoyed ourselves immensely!!! You get a good amount of time, it’s stops going so it’s not so long being on the road, there was a buffet for food & Gary and the driver Fernando were very nice!!! Gary even took pics for us!
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Neal_c
Jan 29, 2026
Very detailed,... - Very detailed, informative, moderate walking, great biodiversity, reasonable distance drop off and pick up. Wonderful guide
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Mike_g
Dec 29, 2025
La Paz Waterfall Tour - Breathtaking views and beautiful waterfalls. Door to door service from San Jose hotels. Be prepared for climbing stairs down to the falls and back up. Wear good shoes. Tour guide very helpful and knowledgeable.
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Susanne
Jul 27, 2025
A nice excursion - With our driver (Cedric?) and our guide (Alejandro?) we were really lucky, because we were not only driven safely, but also well informed and accompanied - it could hardly get better! On the way out we stopped just below the volcano Poas, could go to the toilet or buy small snacks. Once in the gardens there was no Waiting time and we could first see the animals at the Peace Lodge and learn a lot of interesting facts there. Afterwards we had lunch in a buffet restaurant, with many dishes to choose from and self-service. Afterwards we went to see the waterfalls. The tour was perfectly prepared and organized, highly recommended. What I didn’t like at all (in the gardens?) is that two cattle had to stand in one place for hours with tourists for photo purposes. I find this cruelty to animals and unethical and was astonished, as there is an initiative against this kind of animal selfie in Costa Rica.
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Yvette_o
Apr 29, 2025
Pleasant day with scenic... - Pleasant day with scenic views on the ride to the gardens. Tour guide Eric was very informative. We loved it, all the animals, butterflies, Ranas and the spectacular waterfalls.
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Jake_k
Mar 16, 2025
Beautiful waterfalls & wildlife - but too much driving. - Heads up - you will spend A LOT of time driving and in the van (more so than I think many of us wanted to). The LaPaz wildlife facility & trails to the waterfalls were very well maintained. Waterfalls were beautiful. Hike to and from is fairly easy - but definitely need to be in decent physical shape. Lunch was not good at all - had lot’s of options but our guide opted for a late lunch and by the time we ate they were packing away the buffet and most of the food had been picked over. Tour guide was nice - but he didn’t do much to bond any of us as a group not even a simple like “hey where is everyone from” etc. Guide also seemed distracted and was on his phone during the hike & wildlife facility.
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Vin_s
Mar 28, 2025
Don't Book this Tour! - Worse tour ever! No where in the description says they will pick you up at 8am. The tour was supposed to start at 10am. One day before the tour they wrote to say they will pick us up at 8am, and I didn't get this email until we were at the airport on our way to Costa Rica. I told them that it wouldn't work because our flight will get in so late and we won't get enough sleep. I asked if they could pick us up at a later time. Basically they said no. If we don't show up they will keep our US$280. We ended up not going because we couldn't get up at 7am to be ready by 8am. They should warn people when booking, that tours will start earlier than 10am or put 8am if you're going to start at 8am so people won't be fooled to book the tour, thinking it would be at a later time.
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From $147
up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).