Bijagua Wildlife Tour La Fortuna: Sloths, Frogs & Tapir Tracks

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Duration1h–1h 30m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · ES

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Walk Bijagua's plantations and spot sloths moving through the canopy

You walk through Bijagua plantations with a naturalist guide trained on local wildlife, spotting sloths, poison frogs, birds and tapir tracks at your own pace. Groups stay small to protect the habitat. Pick your start time from four options between 8:30am and 1pm, and all entry fees are covered.

1h–1h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Wildlife walk in Bijagua plantations

Start tour in Bijagua plantations
Observe frogs, sloths, and birds
Look for tapir footprints
Receive wildlife information from guides
Return to starting point
Share photos and ask questions

The Experience

The first thing you hear is the sound of leaves shifting overhead — not wind, but a sloth moving through the branches so slowly it takes a moment to register what you're looking at. That's how the Bijagua wildlife tour starts: you're walking among the plantations outside La Fortuna, and the animals are already there, waiting to be noticed. Your guide, trained specifically on the biodiversity of this area, points out the details you'd miss alone — the way a poison frog's color warns predators, the pattern of a tapir's footprint in the soil, the bird calls that mean something is moving nearby.

The tour keeps groups small on purpose. There's a limit to how many people can walk through on any given day, which means the habitat stays intact and you're not competing with twenty other tourists for a clear view. You pick your own departure time — 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am or 1pm — so if you're not a morning person or you want to avoid the heat, you have options. The walk moves at whatever pace makes sense for your group; there's no rushing through to hit a schedule. If someone wants to spend ten minutes watching a sloth, or if the guide spots something worth lingering over, that's what happens.

By the end you're back where you started, and there's time to share photos and ask questions. The guides know this area deeply — they can tell you why you saw what you saw, and why you might not see it again on a different day. All fees are included, so there's nothing to negotiate or add on at the end.

What’s included

Your tour includes all entry fees and taxes.
You'll walk through Bijagua plantations with a trained naturalist guide who explains the wildlife and habitat as you move.
The group stays small to protect the animals.
At the end, there's time to share photos, ask questions and discuss what you've seen.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Spring Paradise Bijagua S.A..

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see wildlife in its actual habitat without a large group, and you're flexible about timing — the small-group limit and four daily start times are what make it possible to walk at a pace that lets animals behave naturally instead of scattering.