If you love the jungle, magnificent wild animals and birds, and wish to support a place that cares for and helps them, then this is the place to visit. Ave is bird in Spanish - but it is a bird that cannot fly - like...More

My wife and I visited Zoo Ave with our 3 year old grandson. As the name suggests the zoo is essentially a bird park with some mammals. Walking around the circuitous path there are iguanas, peacocks and guinea fowl walking free. The variety of birds...More

I generally do not like the concept of locking animals up just for people to look at, but here, all (or at least most) of the animals were living in the zoo because they were not able to live in the wild for one reason...More

A trip here is highly recommended. The release centre in the south of Costa Rica is doing excellent work and the facilities in San Jose are very nice.

We were able to see close up all the animals and birds that were either not present or fleetingly sighted during our two week travels in Costa Rica. If you have a couple of hours and really want to view the fauna then visit Zoo...More

In principle I do not like ZOO’s, locking up animals for our gratification is just stupid. In Costa Rica however it is different. The animals in the ZOO’s here are either special cases (not able to survive in the wild) or are animals that are...More

The gardens are beautiful. The breeding and rehabilitation programs are professional and well done. The educational aspect is also well presented. The visitors contribute to worthy work. We particularly enjoyed the work done with the beak prosthesis for the toucan.