Friends had told us that if we were to choose only one place to visit in Costa Rica (to see animals), that was the one! They were right! I am glad that we took all day (and not only the afternoon as do many who go to the Poas volcano in the morning). It was very quiet in the morning and the dinner buffet was good. The trails are beautiful and the animals are amazing. However, I found the staff sometimes a little jaded ... Our biggest disappointment was that there was very little information, often even the names of animals are not indicated on the cages, the insects are not identified, etc.. If you go to La Paz Waterfall Gardens, bring the little laminated pamphlets that they sell everywhere with you to identify the animals yourself. And if someone catches a mistake I made in the name of the animals (or if you know the name in French, especially for the hummingbirds), please leave a comment so I can change it!

::A very excited Mathilde and a chesnut-mandibled toucan/Une petite Mathilde très contente et un Toucan de Swainson ::

:: Chesnut-mandibled toucan/Toucan de Swainson ::

:: Emerald toucanet/Toucanet Émeraude ::

:: Keel-billed toucan/Toucan à carène ::

:: Scarlett Macaw/Ara rouge ::

:: Orange-fronted parakeet/Conure à front orange ::

:: Blue morpho/Morpho bleu ::



:: Blue morpho just out of his cocoon/Morpho bleu à peine sorti de son cocon ::

:: Blue morpho/Morpho bleu ::

:: Spider monkey/Singe araignée ::

:: Spider monkey/Singe arraignée ::

:: White-throated Capuchin/Capucin à gorge blanche ::

:: Striped-tailed hummingbird/Colibri à queue rayée ::

:: Violet sabrewing hummingbird ::

:: Green-violet ear hummingbird ::

:: Green-breasted mango hummingbird ::

:: Puma ::

:: Ocelot ::

:: Jaguar ::

:: Side-striped Palm Pitviper ::


:: Green-vine snake ::
Le jardin des orchidées/The orchids garden




:: Gaudy leaf frog ::


Traditionnal house/Maison traditionnelle



And the wonderful trails leading to 4 different waterfalls/Et les magnifiques sentiers menant à 4 différentes chutes




La Paz Waterfall/Chute La Paz








































