Bogarin Trail
Bogarin Trail
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7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Sloths, sloths, and more sloths! Visit Bogarin Trail, the BEST place in Costa Rica to see sloths in their natural habitat! Our private trail offers tons of wildlife just 5 minutes away from downtown La Fortuna! } For rates and bookings please visit our website! https://bogarintrail.com/
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  • Kerry Q
    Dana Point, California110 contributions
    Nature Trail in La Fortuna
    Our guide at Bogarin Trail made sure we had a great experience showing us and teaching us about the nature and wildlife along the trail. He was very knowledgeable and knew where to look to get the best view of the animals. We went in the morning to get the best chance to see many animals.
    Visited January 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 3 January 2023
  • EGTA
    Tualatin, Oregon52 contributions
    Wildlife viewing in town
    Great night tour with William. I don’t think we knew what we were in for, it was truly a wild experience, animals in their territory rather than observed from afar. Bring a strong flashlight and have your phone at the ready for pictures.
    Visited February 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 1 February 2023
  • Someone cool
    1 contribution
    The best spot for sloth spotting!
    This was my first time going to Costa Rica and when I come back, I can guarantee that I will come back! The pineapple was, NO LIE, the best I have ever had. It is a lot better with a guide. Without our guide, William, we would not have seen as much as we did today.
    Visited March 2023
    Written 18 March 2023
  • Adrian B
    Montreal, Canada18 contributions
    Marvelous
    Very passionate and knowledgeable staff, it was a great experience! Weather may not always encourage animals to be obviously observable, but the staff was very helpful to point them out. We chose a tour-less visit and they still assisted. Marvelous!
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 25 March 2023
  • Mike W
    Jaco, Costa Rica29 contributions
    Awesome place well worth it
    Great place. U can go as many times as u want. Very laid back. We saw a bunch of cool things. I didn’t pay for a guide but I did tip them for the things I was able to see. We went a bunch of times.
    Visited May 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 30 April 2023
  • Amanda S
    South Carolina8 contributions
    Great visit!
    We enjoyed our tour of Bogarin Trail very much! William was a very knowledgeable guide and showed us SO many creatures and plants and gave us great history of the area. He was also very experienced in how to get the best photos of the creatures he showed us, while at the same time, not getting too close (most photos are taken through a scope). He was very patient with our 3 and 6 year olds, answering their questions and keeping them engaged. It was the slow season, so he even offered to show us more after our tour time was over.
    We are glad you have a great time with us... Thank you!1
    Written 1 July 2023
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    Visited June 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 17 June 2023
  • Peter a
    18 contributions
    A must do while you are in the Fortuna area
    One of the highlights of our trip to Costa Rica. Our first time in Costa Rica and this was a gem. William was our guide, I highly suggest getting a guide, as it would be very difficult to see the animals and get the experience of this beautiful, tropical rainforest, and all it offers. We ended our time with some fresh pineapple. Amazing saw incredible creatures, near and far. Highly recommend.!!!
    Visited August 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 13 August 2023
  • Parker S
    Sandy, Utah10 contributions
    A truly magical experience.
    What an amazing experience! We had Giovanni Bogarin as our tour guide and he did not disappoint! We knew exactly where to find all sorts of amazing animals and you could tell he absolutely loves what he does and how this once cow pasture has turned into a paradise! 100% would do this again!
    Visited August 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 15 August 2023
  • Julian V
    2 contributions
    An amazing place to see a huge variety of animals
    This was one of the best excursions we went on during our trip! The guides have an obvious respect for nature. I would say that a guide is mandatory for the park as we wouldn't have seen 10% of the animals without him pointing them out to us. Alex was a very informative guide who answered almost every question we could come up with.
    Visited August 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 20 August 2023
  • Tikitiki212
    Wisconsin122 contributions
    Amazing wildlife tour
    Incredible tour! We did this on our first full day in Costa Rica and it was the perfect introduction to the rainforest and wildlife. Our guide was amazing and we saw SO many animals and insects. We learned a ton too. After this tour, we felt we didn't need to have guides at every other place we went, since we had already seen soooo much wildlife at Bogarin! Definitely recommend this. Our entire group from teens to seniors loved it.
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 30 October 2023
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Kim S
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • Solo
It was absolutely amazing! Alex is a highly professional guide with eagle eyes, who really loves his job, you feel it permanently. Thanks for having us! It was a blast. We even saw 2 sloths fighting, that only happens once a year! We hope the one, that fell from the tree is doing okay! So thanks again for that wonderful Tour :)
Written 5 December 2023
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Andrew M
Holmfirth, UK6 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
We went to Bogarin to do our own self guided walk during the day and managed to find a few things, but knew with how excellent the trails were there was more to see. We decided to book a night guided walk and did this with William.

The experience was far better than we could ever have hoped. We saw everything we could have imagined and more! William and all the team were great and very knowledgeable.
Written 4 December 2023
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Jodi D
Ludington, MI184 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
We really wanted to see some sloths, so opted to do this. Our guide did a great job of finding quite a few animals, including frogs, lizards, owls, toucans, other birds, and a few sloths. The sloths are next to impossible to spot on your own. It was nice that our guide had a spotting scope that he would set up for each of us to take a look at things. We had our own binoculars, but his scope was much better.
Written 4 December 2023
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Omer M
Tel Aviv, Israel2 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
Our tour guide, William, was amazing. Very nice guy, knows everything and showed us all the beautiful animals and plants.
Beautiful trail! Highly recommended!
Written 2 December 2023
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Heidi L
Calgary, Canada4 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
I can see why this would get a good rating however there's now a new bar beside The Bogarin Trail. On the day I went the music was so loud from the bar it immediately guaranteed I would not be viewing any wildlife let alone sloths (they will move away from the noise and area) or the enjoyment of just walking the trials listening to nature. All you hear is loud music. I feel really bad for The Bogarin Trail business and the animals.
Please don’t patronize or promote Patron Cocktails ( the offender of the loud music) the owner and management don’t care if they are disruptive to the surrounding hotels, businesses (bogarin trail) nor helping preserve the conservation of the wildlife in the area which brings in the tourism. It’s truly sad.
If you arrive and the music is blasting from the bar save your money you won’t see any animals.
Written 1 December 2023
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abdel b
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Family
The tour is a couple of hours but packed with all kinds of animals. I am glad we had Williams as a guide; the guy is a walking encyclopedia, knowledgeable, and loves animals.
Written 27 November 2023
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Discover15119583701
2 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
Mar was amazing and was super keen-eyed in spotting wild life! Would definitely advise using a tour guide, I would not have spotted anything by myself.
Written 27 November 2023
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Michael O
4 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
William, our guide, was the best! He pointed out so much wildlife that we never would have seen without him. He went out of his way to take beautiful pictures for us. Highly recommend him to anyone.
Written 26 November 2023
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Kayla D
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Couples
We had an amazing guided tour with Mar today! She is very knowledgeable and showed us so much. We likely wouldn't have seen many animals without her, and we got to see 4 sloths!
Written 25 November 2023
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Haneen S
6 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
Our guide William was amazing.. he has been doing this for 35 years. He pointed out a lot of sloths, frogs and different interesting animals and also shared with us a lot of information. Definitely would recommend this trail with a guide!
Written 25 November 2023
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