Me sentí muy feliz de tener la oportunidad de visitar este jardín de la jungla a las afueras de San Pancho para la excursión de la mañana. Nos reunimos en… read more Las Lomas y nos acompañaron otros cuatro viajeros para nuestro recorrido matutino por el hermoso…jardín tendido y creado durante más de 20 años por el tío José de Vicente. El recorrido estuvo lleno de información sobre el área, las plantas indígenas, los árboles y los usos medicinales, y fue una introducción perfecta a la jungla de esta área que de otra manera no habríamos visto. También fue bueno ver que esta enseñanza con amor y respeto por la naturaleza se transmite de generación en generación, ya que ese día fuimos acompañados por el hijo de Vicente. Me alegró poder ayudar a apoyar el hermoso trabajo que realizan y animar a todos a visitar este lugar especial. Más

  Great place to visit and be outdoors. Learned about local ecology and history from Vincente, our knowledgeable and friendly guide. Saw some beautiful flowers. Go if you are in the… read more area. Flowers in greater bloom in May, but still a lot to see and learn.

  This easy, beautiful garden tour and jungle walk is an amazing glimpse into a balanced, yet fragile eco system. The caretaking and preservation of these garden trails is a true… read more labour of love. We learned the history of the garden’s humble beginnings and much about the co-existence that occurs in a natural habitat. Highly recommended.

  Lovely hike with amazing bromeliads, orchids, strangler figs, ferns, palms and other tropical growth. Highly recommend after 2 weeks on coast.

  I will say getting here was a little dicey. We traveled up to the meeting place from San Pancho which was about 10 minutes or so North. The meeting place… read more is not marked. You can follow it with a map and still feel lost. We drove around the area and about 15 minutes after the meeting time we were greeted by our host. We jumped into his old Ford Expedition and honestly at first were a little concerned.

From there though, things were great. We drove about 15 minutes on a steep beat up mountain road. Our host had his dog following the whole time running behind the SUV which was hilarious. He also joined us on the tour walk and ran alongside on the way home as well.

As for the tour, we had a great time. It was just the two of us and our host. We were about 2 weeks early for all the blooms so there was not as many flowers around as we would like, but still plenty to see. Dozens of varieties, trees, bugs, and some great views of the ocean.

Our host truly loves what he does and it shows. There is a lot of pride here and it shows. The tour did not last as long as advertised. I would say from meet up to drop off it was only about 2 hours and advertised as 3.

Bring bug spray. My wife and I had some but still got A LOT of bites. Dress for the area. Most of it is under the canopy but you spend some time out of it as well which is much hotter.

A great experience and we are happy we got to do it.