San Jose Walking Nature Tour: Sloths, Birds and Trees
Description
You will absolutely love San José after this experience. Guided by young biologists you will discover nature hiding in the middle of Costa Rica's largest city. You will get to experience with all your senses, wildlife you wouldn't have imagined existed minutes away from downtown. We are an organization called Oropopo Experience, looking to change the way tourism is done in Costa Rica while supporting young scientists, researchers, and local entrepreneurs. Additional notes: ** From May to November we recommend booking the morning slot, however, afternoons are also great. • The only San Jose walking nature tour. • Explore one of the last green patches inside the city on foot with a local biologist. • See, smell, taste, touch, and listen to nature. • Find colorful birds, edible plants, and a wild sloth population on campus. • A percentage of the earnings goes to Funga Conservation, a non-profit foundation. • Small-group tour with a maximum of 10 people ensures an intimate experience
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Itinerary
We will visit the Campus of the University of Costa Rica, which holds some of the largest patches of forest in the San José Metro Area. On our first stop, we will look for resident and migratory birds, incredible insects and amazing plants and flowers. We'll be talking about art, history, indigenous culture, and most of all, nature. Then, we'll visit the main campus where we will be looking for sloths that live freely and hopefully even see the two different species that inhabit our country. DISCLAIMER: This is not a Recue Center or Sloth Sactuary Tour. You will not be able to touch them, if found, the sloths will be seen in their natural habitat, which means most of the time they will be sleeping on the trees. Still, our experience is your best option at San Jose if you're a true nature lover. This is a 2,5h walking tour, some parts will be exposed to intense sunlight. Not a heavy walk, but please consider your physical condition
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- No luggage storage
- Closed shoes are required
Reviews(1,185)
David was a wonderful guide and shared lots of interesting information with us and answered our questions. We saw birds, squirrels and sloths on the tour. Recommended.
A great experience! We walked the university campus, saw beautiful animals, and learned from a passionate and knowledgeable guide who was a biologist. I loved that it was at the university so it gave you an experience of student life too. I highly recommend.
Amazing first experience in Costa Rica with our guide Louis!
I had a really fun time exploring the university campus of San Jose and it was really cool to get such a closeup view of the sloths. Our guide Priscilla was very passionate and informative and she made the experience very enjoyable
The guide was excellent in the explanation and service 👌 but I would have liked to see more animals that's all
Our guide Pri was friendly and informative on all the topics involved (plants, insects, birds and animals). Was well worth the money!
Amazing! The guide was very patient and kind to answer all of our questions and show us things we wouldn’t have seen such as a mom and baby sloth in the trees with the telescope!
Dariel is a very professional, pleasant, and serious guide, I highly recommend him 😊👍🏽thanks for his good energy
This was a wonderful experience! Priscilla is an amazing nature guide and the forest on the university is beautiful! We learned so much about the local birds, insects and even saw three sloths! Priscilla patiently answered everyone's questions and set up her telescope at each stop so we could see the wildlife up close. I got wonderful photos with just my iPhone. We were able to see the wildlife much better on this tour than the wildlife sanctuary we visited the next day. We are planning a return trip to Costa Rica next year and plan to go on this tour again. Thank you Priscilla!
Such a great tour. Really really informative and friendly guide called Mary. We saw a great variety of animals. Including sloths and carpenter bees.
