car rental Costa Rica and The Butterfly Farm Costa Rica

Imagine a place where the sky is alive with color. Everywhere you look, there are vibrant greens, bright oranges, and fiery reds amongst the rich blue clouds. Pulsating yellows dart past shimmering purples, while soft pinks flutter against crisp shades of black. Think this amazing technicolor land exists only in your dreams? Think again! The Butterfly Farm in Costa Rica is one of the few places in the world where rental car Costa Rica travelers will discover a world of living color, thanks to hundreds of winged residents. Widely recognized as one of the most popular tourist destinations in all of San Jose, the Butterfly Farm provides rental car Costa Rica travelers with an in depth view of these unique insects.

Take a tour of the Butterfly Farm

Rental car Costa Rica travelers are welcome to explore the Butterfly Farm facility as part of a guided tour. Tours begin with a 25-minute introductory film, outlining the various stages of a butterfly's life cycle. The film is shot using macro photography and is excellent in that it provides viewers with details normally unavailable to the human eye. From there, rental car Costa Rica travelers will visit the Export Office, where staff sort, pack, and export pupae to other butterfly conservatories around the world. Then it's onto the main event, the Butterfly Garden. This enclosed tropical garden is home to more than a thousand butterflies, including many unique Costa Rican species. Visitors are encouraged to touch the legs of the butterflies, as well as investigate the different types of flora growing in the garden. The tour finishes with a visit to the Caterpillar Room, where, if you're lucky, you'll get to see a butterfly emerge from a chrysalide and embark on its maiden flight.

What butterfly farming is an important industry

Butterfly farming is one of Costa Rica's most important industries, as it provides the country with an environmentally beneficial product. Issues such as deforestation, fouled air and water, and soil degradation continue to impact the social and political agendas of the world, the Costa Rican people have taken it upon themselves to develop and industry that is economically and environmentally sustainable. Enter the economy of the butterfly. If properly undertaken, butterfly farming is an alternative and progressive endeavour. Not only does the farm generate rural employment, but it also increased the need to plant native vegetation, and maintain local habitats. And of course, who could deny the aesthetic beauty of butterfly farming? You won't find these beautiful creatures just anywhere during your upcoming rental car Costa Rica vacation, especially not in the numbers found at The Butterfly Farm.

Farm schedule, rates and other information

Rental car Costa Rica travelers are welcome at The Butterfly Farm daily from 8:30am to 5pm. Guided tours of the farm take place at 8:30am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Tours last for approximately two hours. Admission to the farm is $15 for adults, $10 for students, and $7 for children under the age of 12. This admission includes the full tour. The Butterfly Farm is located in La Guacima, in Alajuela, Costa Rica. For more information on tours and other farm services, please call 506-2438-0400. Rental car Costa Rica travelers can also find details online at www.butterflyfarm.co.cr, or by emailing info@butterflyfarm.co.cr.

Hundreds of beautiful Costa Rican butterflies can be seen fluttering around the flowers inside The Butterfly Farm's enclosed garden. This destination truly is a photographers dream, so don't forget to pack plenty of backup batteries for your digital camera. If you're lucky, you might even get the chance to pose with The Butterfly Farm's resident oxen, Precious and Darling (The Butterfly Farm is home to the first ox car in the country specifically built for passengers).