La Paz Waterfall Gardens tour: wildlife exhibits

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Duration7h

GroupUp to 25

LanguagesEN · ES

PickupAt your hotel

Walk a rainforest trail to a waterfall, then move through five separate wildlife exhibits in one morning.

A seven-hour tour from San José to La Paz Waterfall Gardens includes hotel pickup, a guided walk through rainforest to the waterfall, visits to the hummingbird gallery, serpentarium, bird house, butterfly garden and frog exhibit, lunch, and a live guide in English or Spanish. The tour operates with a minimum of two travelers and requires moderate physical fitness for the trail walk.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens

Travel from San José to La Paz
Walk trail to waterfall
Visit hummingbird gallery
Visit serpentarium
Visit bird house
Visit butterfly garden
Visit frog exhibit
Enjoy scrumptious lunch

The Experience

The tour starts with pickup from your San José hotel and a drive to La Paz Waterfall Gardens. Once you arrive, you walk a trail through the rainforest that leads to the waterfall itself, set in the middle of the forest. The walk is the centerpiece of the morning, and everything else unfolds from there.

After the waterfall, you move through five separate exhibits within the park: the hummingbird gallery, the serpentarium, the bird house, the butterfly garden and the frog exhibit. Each one is designed to be accessible to all ages, so families with children and older travelers both fit the pace. Lunch is included and happens during the tour, so you eat without leaving the grounds.

Your guide speaks either English or Spanish and stays with the group throughout. The whole experience runs seven hours from pickup to return, which means you leave San José in the morning and are back by early afternoon. The minimum group size is two travelers, and the tour requires at least a moderate level of fitness for the rainforest walk itself.

What’s included

Hotel pickup from San José.
transportation to and from La Paz Waterfall Gardens.
guided walk through the rainforest to the waterfall.
access to the hummingbird gallery, serpentarium, bird house, butterfly garden and frog exhibit.
lunch.
live guide in English or Spanish.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelInfant seats availableNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Destination Services Costa Rica

Is this one for you?You book this tour when you land in San José and have a free morning or afternoon but no rental car — the pickup and the guide handle the logistics, and the seven hours fit between arrival and an evening flight or a second day of exploring. It works for families with children of all ages because the exhibits are paced for everyone, though the rainforest walk itself requires moderate fitness and comfortable walking shoes.