What is worth to see in Puerto Viejo?

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What is worth to see in Puerto Viejo? What does Jaguar Rescue Center and Ara Manzanilla do? What trips are offered by Jaguar Rescue Center and Ara Manzanillo? Is it worth to visit this places in Costa Rica?


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Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Limón – Costa Rica 2023

About Jaguar Rescue Center

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Jaguar Rescue Center, Limón – Costa Rica 2023
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Green macaw – Costa Rica 2023

Jaguar Rescue Center is a temporary or permanent home for animals which are sick, injured or orphaned. Since 2008 the organization helps many different animals to recover and get back to their natural environment, or it becomes their new home.

Where to buy a ticket?

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Jaguar Rescue Center, Limón – Costa Rica 2023

A ticket to Jaguar Rescue Center can be purchased directly on the official website.

How much is the ticket?

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Jaguar Rescue Center, Limón – Costa Rica 2023
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Choloepus didactylus – Costa Rica 2023

The cost of a fee for the public trips is 25 USD (no tax included) per adult person.

There are also private trips organized, and their cost is 75 USD.

Park opening hours

The public trips can be attended at 9.30am and 11.30 am.

Are guides mandatory in Jaguar Rescue Center?

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Lilacine amazon – Costa Rica 2023

The tours are guided ones, so there is no possibility of sightseeing on one’s own.

A guided tour – how much is it, and how long does it take?

A public guided tour lasts for around 1.5h. The cost of it is 25 USD.

What animals can be spotted in Jaguar Rescue Center?

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Keel-billed toucan – Costa Rica 2023
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Ocelot, Jaguar Rescue Center – Costa Rica 2023

Jaguar Rescue Center is divided into two parts – the one you can visit, and the one closed for the tourists. The area that is not intended for sightseeing is inhabited by the animals that can potentially get back to the natural environment in the future.

The park is populated by sloths, monkeys (capuchins, mantle howlers and spider monkeys), reptiles (turtles and snakes), amphibians, birds (e.g. parrots and toucans) and other mammals, such as jaguars, ocelots, coati and bats.

Is Jaguar Rescue Center worth visiting?

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Jaguar Rescue Center, Limón – Costa Rica 2023
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Jaguar Rescue Center, Limón – Costa Rica 2023
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Lilacine amazon – Costa Rica 2023

The main mission of Jaguar Rescue Center is animal rescue and getting them back to their natural environment. Thanks to tourists’ visits and donors, this place can function and fulfill its goal.

This place also allows you to see animals that are hard to spot in the wilderness, such as wild cats.

If you are around, I strongly recommend going there, as the histories of rescued animals and stories told by this place’s keepers are really worth listening to.

About Ara Manzanillo

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Proyecto Ara Manzanillo, Limón – Costa Rica 2023
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Proyecto Ara Manzanillo, Limón – Costa Rica 2023

The Ara Manzanillo project aims to reintroduce olive macaw parrots into the wilderness. The project began in the XXth century 90s.

Where to buy a ticket

The tickets can be purchased online on the Ara Manzanillo website.

How much is the ticket?

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Proyecto Ara Manzanillo, Limón – Costa Rica 2023

The cost of one adult ticket is 20 USD, kids below 12 are welcome to enter for free.

Park opening hours

The park sightseeing is possible between 3pm and 4 pm.

Are guides mandatory in Ara Manzanillo?

Each trip in Ara Manzanillo is a guided one.

A guided tour – how long does it take?

The trip lasts for one hour.

What does a trip to Ara Manzanillo look like?

The tour begins with the guide’s story about the park’s mission and how they are helping parrots. After a dozen minutes of introduction, the guide leads tourists to a viewpoint, where they can observe the feeding of the parrots.

Is Ara Manzanillo worth visiting?

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Green macaw – Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica 2023

The observation of parrots being fed is the only attraction in this place. If you have never seen parrots in their natural habitat with your own eyes, it can be an interesting option to get to know these birds. Putting the Ara Manzanillo project’s mission on side, the Jaguar Rescue Center is a more interesting place to visit.

You can also support Ara Manzanillo’s activities by sending a donation to their bank account.

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