Arenal via La Paz Waterfall Gardens

With over 3.5 kilometers of walking trails, The best way to start your Arenal Experience is exploring La Paz Waterfall Gardens, enjoy the Butterfly Observatory, Hummingbird Garden, serpentarium, Frog Exhibit, Tica House, Trout Lake and our bird watching areas, a spectacular view!

Waterfall Gardens is primarily a self-guided tour allowing our visitors to proceed directly to their areas of interest.

“What if it rains?” This is the Rainforest for goodness sake! Seriously, sometimes it does rain here and sometimes it doesn’t stop! However, we do offer raincoats for sale and our trails are designed so you will have places to stop and take cover. However, we do not offer ‘rain days’ for paid tours.

What should you bring? FILM OR DIGITAL MEMORY CARD WITH A LOT SPACE!! No, that’s just our biased opinion. We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes (preferably with a thick tread for hiking the trails and hundreds of stairs), shorts or comfortable pants and a lightweight jacket or raincoat. Please keep in mind that the park ranges in altitude from 5,200 feet to 4,200 feet so it can get chilly when the clouds roll in.