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Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden

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Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden

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Dara Hinden
at 2023 Jul 31
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Dara Hinden
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Jul 31
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Small, but beautiful. The animals are out and very active. Very reasonable entry fee.
Ben Kane
at 2023 Jul 24
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Ben Kane
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Jul 24
It was entirely decent. It was about $8 equivalent to go in and was worth the money. It's not a big zoo and some of the animal enclosures were a bit on the sad side. Still, a great variety of local animals most of whom seemed pretty happy.
Anna Rowe
at 2023 Jul 21
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Anna Rowe
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Jul 21
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There was hardly anyone when we went today (Friday). It felt like we had the zoo to ourselves. Of course this also meant the shop and restaurant were closed. My son really wanted to see the monkeys and we definitely had fun.
Harry F
at 2023 Jul 14
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Harry F
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Jul 14
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A bit depressing if you have spent any time outside of San Jose with wildlife. The areas for the animals are pitifully small and they look bored. There are several things from years gone by just there, uninhabited. There are some squirrels running around etc who were the only sign of happiness. Needs a good revamp. The turtle and crocodile section was depressing with them barely visible and clambering on each other to avoid the murky moss water
TJ
at 2023 Jun 06
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
TJ
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Jun 06
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Good place to walkaround. Good place to let the animals go around. However there is no lion. Just birds, some snakes, frogs, etc,.
Small place, but the ambience feels relaxing and natural.
Richard Bondar
at 2023 May 04
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Richard Bondar
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 May 04
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Not tooooo bad. Yes it's small, but could be worse.
Bit expensive tho with 7 USD for foreigners (typical racism in Latinamerica for foreigners), locals less.
See my insta for some photos and videos:
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Vlad Malofeev
at 2023 Feb 07
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Vlad Malofeev
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2023 Feb 07
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It doesn't have the size or the animal range of European capitals zoos, but still has decent appeal due to the more natural design and some interesting animals like a rescued jaguar and macaws. If you are in town, it's worth a quick visit.
Ben Sperry
at 2022 Sep 24
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
Ben Sperry
on Simón Bolívar Zoo and Botanical Garden
at 2022 Sep 24
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Interesting but small.

This is a nice family spot if you have some time with the kids. The animals were great although very few and it advertised as a botanical garden but there is very little information about the plants. It is not a place to visit to find out about the plants and animals of Costa Rica but it was a pleasant place to take a stroll and see some interesting things. The bathrooms were clean.