Admission Ticket to Las Pumas Rescue Center

Visit: Centro de Rescate Las Pumas, 1 Interamerican Highway 4.5km from the city of Canas, on the way to Liberia, Guanacaste; next to the Interamerican Highway., Canas 89-5700 Costa Rica

Las Pumas Rescue Center rescues wildlife, providing medical care and temporary homes to those in need of rehabilitation. In extreme cases, this temporary home may become permanent.

If you’re around Guanacaste and you (or your kids) want guaranteed animal sightings, then this is it.

Since it’s in the name, let’s start with those wildcats, as they’re some of the toughest animals to spot in the wild. There are six species of wildcat in Costa Rica, and five wildcat species at Las Pumas Rescue Center: jaguar (Panthera onca), cougar (Puma concolor), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and margay (Leopardus wiedii).

And, while the wildcats are certainly a highlight, you’ll love also seeing Geoffroy’s spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus), greater grison (Galictis vittata), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), and scarlet macaw (Ara macao).