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A private half-day visit to one of Costa Rica's best-known wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers.
Meet toucans, sloths, monkeys, parrots, and owls at the Toucan Rescue Ranch, a rescue facility that has grown from its original focus on toucans into a broader wildlife sanctuary.
A private half-day tour to the Toucan Rescue Ranch, just outside San José. What began as a rescue facility for toucans has expanded to care for other species including sloths, monkeys, parrots, and owls. This visit is well suited to all ages, with the ranch's staff on hand to answer questions about the animals in their care.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in San José.
Learn about the rescue, rehabilitation, and (where possible) release of toucans and other native wildlife.
See sloths, monkeys, parrots, and owls currently in the ranch's care.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Meet toucans, sloths, monkeys, parrots, and owls at the Toucan Rescue Ranch, a rescue facility that has grown from its original focus on toucans into a broader wildlife sanctuary. A private half-day tour to the Toucan Rescue Ranch, just outside San José. What began as a rescue facility for toucans has expanded to care for other species including sloths, monkeys, parrots, and owls. This visit is well suited to all ages, with the ranch's staff on hand to answer questions about the animals in their care.
Toucan Rescue Ranch began in 2004, when Leslie Howle — originally running a small bed and breakfast for visiting friends outside San Isidro de Heredia — turned a personal interest in rescuing injured and orphaned toucans into a dedicated refuge, working alongside co-founder Jorge Murillo. What started as a bird-focused rescue has since grown into a broader wildlife rehabilitation center caring for sloths, monkeys, parrots, owls, and other native species alongside its original toucans.
The ranch's conservation work has produced some genuine firsts. It became the first facility in Costa Rica — and only the second in the world — to achieve parent-raised captive breeding of emerald toucanets, and in 2016 it became the first in the country to do the same with keel-billed toucans, the large-beaked species most people picture when they think of a toucan. The ranch built a dedicated on-site veterinary hospital at its San Isidro de Heredia headquarters in 2013, and in 2015 it established a 16-acre soft-release site in Sarapiquí, giving rehabilitated animals a transitional, semi-wild space before full release back into the forest.
Not every animal in the ranch's care can be released — some arrive with permanent injuries from the illegal pet trade, vehicle collisions, or habitat loss that make a full return to the wild impossible, and these become long-term residents instead. The staff on site are generally well versed in explaining the specific story and prognosis behind each animal you meet, which is part of what makes the visit feel like a genuine rescue operation rather than a static wildlife display.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
