CHACHAGUA RAIN FOREST

The climate of the zone is the typical of the tropical rain forest, ideal for a great diversity of flora and fauna.

 Chachagua Rain Forest Hotel is surrounded by trails where the visitor can appreciate the great variety of species of birds such as the blue-gray tanager, the passerinii,  red-legged honey-creeper,  white-crowned flycatcher,  these among other one hundred species.   Amongst the mammals  of the area, you can find the northern raccoon,  the white nosed coati,  the howler monkey and larger species such as the ocelot,  the jaguar and two species of sloths.

 Dendrology lovers will be delighted to find giants on the brink of extinction; massive specimens of the mahogany tree,  the mountain almond (terminalia oblonga),   the laurel tree and other species  to name a few,  commonly abound.   Amidst these jungles, the beautiful tropical flowers adorn the deep intense greenery of the dense forest. “Heliconias”,  “ziagiberaceas”,  strilitriae (bird of paradise) and the colorful “passiflora” (passion-flower) are quite common in the Tilarán area Mountain Range  where our forest extends and is the source of four streams of pristine water;  streams that finally flow into the San Carlos River,  the most important waterway of the country.