Pumas Rescue Center & Llanos Del Cortes Waterfall Swimming

PUMAS RESCUE CENTER

We save and raises ocelots, jaguars, cougars, margays, jaguarundis and tiger cats. Most of the cats in this facility have been rescued from injury or were oephanaed. The shelter today generally has around 80 to 100 individual animals under its care, many of which are endangered species. The shelter the visitor can photograph the normally-elusive jaguar and five other species of native Costa Rican felines: puma (also known as cougar and mountain lion, depending on where it is found), ocelot, oncilla and margay. Other species of mammals and birds finding are the gray fox, coatimundi, white-faced monkey, white-tailed deer, paca, the keel-billed toucan, orange-fronted parakeet, red-lored parrot, scarlet macaw.

​“LLANOS DEL CORTES WATERFALL”

Adventure off the traditional path to the spectacular ¨ Llanos de Cortez Waterfall¨. This secluded waterfall spans 30ft high and 40 ft wide and cascades into a white sand pond. Enjoy swimming, hiking or just relaxing.