Proyecto Asis, La Fortuna de San Carlos

Unfortunately, we were told on the phone by the receptionist when booking that the second tour is about feeding animals, not cleaning the cages (misleading information), but it wasn’t possible to cancel that extra part of the tour. That really ruined our experience. Lying on the phone and then not letting you cancel the tour is really a horrible practice. The animals you see inside cages are mainly former pets - monkeys and parrots. The tour is tailored for children ages 3-7, so if you’re an adult, most probably, you won’t like it. The tour group is rather big. It looked like a rescue zoo for kids.

This was an incredible experience that is tough to completely describe in this review. First of all the location of the rescue center is a really beautiful village near the Arenal volcano area. You can hear howler monkeys and other birds in the nearby forests before you even park. Once we started the tour, we couldn't believe how enthusiastic and intelligent our tour guide Carlos was! Carlos was very caring and knowledgeable about the animals at the shelter. We were so surprised by just how much we had learned about the animals at the rescue center and how interesting it all was. At the time they had tons of parrots, macaws, Kuwaitis, toucans, white-faced monkeys, spider monkeys, and more! After taking a tour of all the animals that were there we prepared food for them. Feeding the animals was an extremely fun experience and you really felt like you were helping out! I 100% recommend this tour to anyone and it is a MUST DO if you are in the area!