Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar
Quick Facts
- Location : Barrio Amon, San Jose
- Hours : 8 a.m – 3:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m Sat. & Sun.
- Entrance fee : $5.50 Adults; $3.50 kids (3-12 year old); children under 3 free
- Telephone : 2256-0012
Every morning Kivu, the 15-year old lion from Cuba, roars awakening the harmonies of monkeys and scarlet macaws in the middle of San Jose at the oldest wildlife rescue center in Costa Rica, Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar.
read more closeAs the sun rises, spider and white-faced monkeys perch on tree branches sunbathing and picking bugs from each other's body. Toto, the tapir, soaks in the mud to refresh his skin. And, Brutus, the 16-year old jaguar simply sleeps.
Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar, a wildlife rescue center in the heart of San Jose, offers guests the chance to get up close to some of Costa Rica's exotic wildlife including tapirs, jaguars, a lion, white-faced monkeys, Spider monkeys, toucans, scarlet macaws, coatis and more.
The wildlife rescue center receives injured, orphaned, poached or display animals to rehabilitate and released in the wild. Its release rate is seventy (70) percent. Less than five percent of the animals that come stay in the center permanently.
Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar, founded in 1916, is the oldest wildlife rescue center in Costa Rica with 125,000 visitors per year. It is managed by Fundacion Pro Zoologicos, a non-profit organization.
Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar in Pictures
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Raccoons Playing At Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Raccoon Staring At Person Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Toucan In The Clinic Of Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Jaguar Lying Down Face Full Image Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Grison Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Jaguar Lying Down Face Parque Simon Bolivar San Jose - Costa Rica
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Turtle Recovering From A Broken Shell At Parque Simon Bolivar - Costa Rica
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green macaw face shot parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica
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crested guan parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica
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jaguar face shot parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica
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scarlet macaw parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica
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spider monkey eating papaya parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica
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totto the tapir at the parque simon bolivar san jose - Costa Rica