Tapir Valley

Tapir Valley Reserve Tour

The Tapir (Tapirus Bairdii) is the biggest mammals of Central America and at Costa Rica is where we have the biggest population of this specie of 4 species that we have in total (3 species in America & 1 in Asia).

So with this tour you can visit the real Rainforest and the habitat of many wild. This is a authentic and unique experience that you can enjoy around Tenorio foothills is a real great opportunity because you don´t have to hike long distance and hours, with us maybe after 15 minutes of hiking you can see this amazing mammals and also to enjoy the natural habitat in the rainforest areas.

The Tapir is classed as “Endangered Species” in Costa Rica but in the last years in our Rural Community is more often so see the foot prints in the Rainforest, open areas & farm for this reason We created this tour with the idea of sensitize the farmers and also the visitor about the importance of to protect & conserve this spectacular mammal.

The tour could be around 2 hours more or less is private and relax tour, you are going to enjoy all the wildlife of the Rainforest following the footprint of the Tapir and maybe to have the chance to take a nice picture of the biggest mammals of Costa Rica.

Tour Includes:

Bilingual Guide.
Transportation.
Refreshments.
Entrance fee.

Important Information:

Pick-up location: Any hotel around Tenorio area.
Pick-up time: 6:00 a.m Birding or 5:00 pm Nigth Tour.
Duration of the Tours: 2.5 hours.
Total distance hike: 2.5 km.
Level: Easy.

What to bring:

Insect repelent.
Hiking shoes.
Rain jacket.
Long Pants and camara.
Sunscreen.

Wonderful evening first getting very very close and personal with a sloth. Then after sunset seeing a huge array of animals ranging from tiny glass and red eyed frogs to a wandering tapir. We saw so much and the guide was amazing,ing at explaining everything. It was a truly magical few hours.

We had two wonderful experiences with the Sloth tour and the Tapir Valley tour. Carlos was our guide with the Sloth tour and did an amazing job showing us around and teaching us about the local wildlife and history of the region. Marlon was our guide for the Tapir Valley and showed us amazing wild life unique to the region, made sure we didn’t die from a pit viper, and I think I may have shown him his first raccoon in Tapir valley. 😂 Loved these guys and wished we had spent more of our time in the Rio Celeste area.

Our nighttime tour of Tapir Vally was amazing. Our guide Marlon went to great lengths to find the tapir. He also found many other spices of snakes,birds and frogs one of which is unique to this are of Costa Rica and can be found nowhere elae in the world and birds. The tour ended with a sighting of a two toed sloth , fireflies, and the moon appearing through the clouds. We also had a tour of the hanging bidges concluding with coffee at Marlon's bird watching platform, where we saw more three toed sloths , Tucans, and many small beautiful birds and butterfly 🦋 . The biodiversity and protection of wildlife in the Bijagua rainforest is just amazing. The rest of the world could learn many lessons from the achievements of the people of Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

We were very fortunate to have Marlon from Bigajua Rainforest tours for 2 and a half days on our recent trip in Costa Rica. He took us to the blue waterfall and thermal springs, the Arenal hanging bridges and for a night walk in Tapir valley. Marlon has a huge knowledge of the wildlife of Costa Rica, which he shared at just the right pace - he really engaged our teenagers as well as the adults and we learnt lots about the natural world around us. As well as that we had some spontaneous stops along the way which gave us more insight to the life people live in Costa Rica- for example at a local pastry shop, selling things we'd never eaten before and on spotting a small crowd at the roadside Marlon caught sight of a sloth up a tree, that the locals were watching and we then did too- amazing to see. The night walk was a very special highlight and although the Tapirs eluded us, we saw a wealth of tropical insects and amphibians including fireflies, a viper and a red eyed tree frog. Marlon's guiding (and driving!) was excellent - highly recommend.