Pura Vida
Our Journey to the Pure Life of Costa Rica

Visiting Costa Rica?

We invite you to visit Bijagua Ranas, Llanos Del Cortez Waterfall And a couple of more places

0nce we pick you up at your Hotel location go ahead to Llanos Del Cortez Waterfall a spectacular and amazing fall where you are able to swim in, as long as its not raining a lot because the water gets dark, after that we go to the Sloth place about 30 minutes from the waterfall..

Bijagua Ranas is the perfect place to experience Costa Rica wildlife in a natural setting without having to hike deep into the jungle. During your visit you are able to see 4 or more sloths, a couple of toucans, frogs, a very poisonous snake, a huge group of leaf cutter ants, a very strange beehive with tiny little bees buried into a tree and also enjoyed the rain forest canopy and beautiful foliage.

Colorful wall painting at Bijagua Ranas showing the types of creatures that you will be able to see such as toucans, frogs, sloths and more.

It is a private wildlife sanctuary located on about 5 acres of land with hiking trails, bridges, a viewing platform and a couple of streams that meander through the property.

A gentry flowing stream flows through the Bijagua Ranas sanctuary.
The hiking trails are relatively easy to walk, although there are some sections that have narrow metal steps. Most of the trails have a little bit of gravel added so that they are not slippery.

One of the trails at Bijagua Ranas with gravel on top of the dirt providing better footing.

On this tour we provide a guide. He will spot things that you can’t, plus they also know the property and are familiar with the trails which can become a little confusing once you work your way down to the lower part of the property and around the river.

Guides speak English, and combined it with a little bit of Spanish, it all surprisingly worked out very well.

A small poisonous and brightly colored snake in the bushes.
We start the tour and within just a few minutes we run across a tiny poisonous snake curled up on top of some dead plant growth. We also see two or three frogs hanging to the underside of some large leafs.

A small red eye tree frog hangs on the backside of the leaf.
The entire walk is under a shade canopy of trees and plants. It rains almost every single day, and due to the thick canopy, very little water lands on us.

Some of the plants and flowers are amazing..

There are also several large, brightly colored flowers.

Bijagua Ranas Flower.
Once we walked down into the lower part of the property, we run into several sloths, which are located high above in the trees. But also see some of them close up. Sloths are generally hard to find and often times don’t move at all. We are blessed to have them and find a few that are very active. Due to their color, they blend in with the trees and bark and are very difficult to photograph with a phone camera.

A sloth hangs on to the top of tall trees in Bijagua Ranas.
Great to see brightly colored Toucans..

Bijagua Ranas is located in the northern central valley of Costa Rica and sits in the lowlands between two active volcanoes. While it rains throughout the year here, the heavier rains start in May and continue through mid-November. The best time to visit and not get soaked is between December through April. If you choose to visit between May and July, I would recommend going early in the morning as most storms occur in the afternoon. Once August arrives, this area can have all day rains especially in September and October..

Delicious authentic Costa Rican food (CASADO). rice, beans, fried plantains, chees, salat and you can pick between, fried chicken, fish, pork or beef to be accompanied..

Travel times are about 2 hours your Hotel location.

Highway 1 and route 6 are all paved.

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This is the perfect place to see sloths, snakes, frogs, toucans and more in a natural sanctuary without having to hike miles, this is the perfect place.