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Butterfly Garden (Jardin de Mariposas)

Near Pension Monteverde Inn | On road to Monteverde, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
645-5512
4.5 of 5 stars 57 Reviews
Type: Gardens
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Celebration, Florida
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 2, 2012

Volunteer guides were so interesting. We enjoyed our tour and will visit there again on our next trip. More

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Conroe
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2012

We got there in time to help release the butterflies. It was a great experience, and the volunteers are great! More

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Quebec.Ca
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 25, 2012

A must when you are in Monteverde, Well worth a visit. Highly recommended. Butterflies are colorful. Interesting info from guide. You need a little patience if you want to take pictures, not an easy task but can be done. Enjoy. More

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Framingham
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 22, 2012

The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and the butterfly gardens were wonderful to see. Highly recommended! More

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Spring
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 14, 2012

The Butterfly Garden was delightful to visit. Our guide was a young lady from Russia who was knowledgeable, humorous, and very energetic. Besides learning about and seeing many colorful butterflies, we learned about many of the insects of the area such as tarantulas, beetles, crickets, and so on. It was nice to see the butterflies up close and not moving... More

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La Canada Flintridge, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 12, 2012

Our lovely young lady guide was Russian but spoke English quite well. She is studying for her PhD. She gave us an excellent tour. Not only are the butterflies beautiful, but the other creatures were very interesting, e.g. Orange-kneed tarantula, kissing or assassin bug, Hercules beetle, etc. There are 3 different enclosed environments for the various butterflies. Definitely worth a... More

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Lewisville, North Carolina
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 9, 2012

An excellent guide made this a wonderful visit. Lots of butterflies and you quickly learn where different types of butterflies live. Exhibit of bugs and spiders as well. More

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USA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 30, 2012

We visited the butterfly garden as part of a complete tour booked at our hotel. We were required to have a guide through the butterfly garden and he was very knowledgeable and spoke good english. I was surprised to hear the garden was 12 years old, though, as I thought it did not have huge numbers of butterflies in it.... More

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London
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 30, 2012

Saw loads of butterflies on this very well managed butterfly garden. We were lucky enough to time our visit with a tour, which they run regularly through the day. Without this, I don't think the expereince would have been so good. Our english guide (have forgotten our name) was very knowledgable and very informative but also very enthusiastic - just... More

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San Marcos, TX
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 27, 2012

A little pricey ($20 per) but the butterflies were gorgeous! Skip the boring frog tour, unless your just an amphibian lover. More

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