Family private reserve in Bijagua, Costa Rica
Walk the trails we have replanted and protected, with bilingual naturalist guides who help you find frogs, birds and sloths in their real habitat.
Join us at night to find frogs, at dawn for birds, or by day for monkeys and sloths. We also guide hikes to the hanging bridges and Río Celeste. Tours start at $35 + impuestos por persona.
A guided night walk of about two hours on the trails of our family's private reserve in Bijagua, looking for red-eyed frogs, blue jeans frogs, glass frogs and other nocturnal wildlife.
A guided day hike of about 2.5 hours through our family's reforested reserve in Bijagua, looking for birds, plants, monkeys, butterflies and sloths.
An early morning guided walk of about three hours through the secondary forest of our family reserve in Bijagua, looking for hummingbirds, toucans and many other birds.
A guided walk of about 2.5 hours across four hanging bridges 30 to 40 metres above the ground on the slopes of Tenorio Volcano, with views of Bijagua and Lake Nicaragua.
A four-hour guided hike in Tenorio Volcano National Park to Los Teñideros and the Río Celeste waterfall, with a bilingual guide from our family in Bijagua.
Why visit us
When you walk with us, you are a guest on land our family has restored so native species have a place to live.
Our family has planted many species of plants and trees to bring back habitat for native wildlife.
The reserve protects three springs and half a hectare of wetland, home to frogs from egg to adult.
Tours are led in English or French by guides who know where the wildlife hides.
Bird species seen by our guides and guests are recorded on eBird, so your sightings count.
Our family
Frog's Paradise is a family project run by Miguel Soto and his family. The land came to us in 1992, donated by the Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA), now INDER.
Since then we have planted trees, protected the springs and cared for the small wetland, so the frogs, birds and sloths of Bijagua have a place to live. Today the forest is full of life, and we love sharing it with guests.
Read how it all began in our story.
A few of the neighbors living in our forest. See more frogs, birds and trails in the full gallery.
Send us a WhatsApp message with your dates and the tour you like. Tours need a minimum of 2 people, and we can add lodging, transport, meals or camping.
