Butterfly Kingdom
Butterfly Kingdom
4.5
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Our butterfly garden is the ideal place to visit with family and friends, to enjoy of our interactive display exhibit of live butterflies, in a welcoming harmonious atmosphere full with color, from the graceful fluttering of each of our butterflies. We provide a guided tour to all of our clients. Within our facilities is the "Monarca Gastronomía" restaurant, which serves our clients from artisanal pizza cooked in a clay brick oven, to fine cuts of meat and seafood. All accompanied by national and foreign liquors, as well as delicious fruit juices made at the moment. If you come with children you cannot miss the opportunity to order a pizza in the shape of a butterfly!
Duration: 2-3 hours
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SuZQ0420
San Francisco, CA111 contributions
Nov 2022
We enjoyed our visit. We saw butterflies, eggs, and caterpillars. It was $12 per adult (our 12 yo son is considered an adult here) if you are not a citizen or resident, so it was $36 for the 3 of us which was quite expensive.
There is a building you enter to see the butterflies and we spent ~30-40 minutes and although it was wonderful, the price is too high.
There wasn't an English speaking guide available so we were unable to take advantage of that aspect of a visit.
There are a couple of swings for kids under 12, bathrooms and working on a restaurant.
Overall, nice visit but wouldn't come back due to price of entry.
There is a building you enter to see the butterflies and we spent ~30-40 minutes and although it was wonderful, the price is too high.
There wasn't an English speaking guide available so we were unable to take advantage of that aspect of a visit.
There are a couple of swings for kids under 12, bathrooms and working on a restaurant.
Overall, nice visit but wouldn't come back due to price of entry.
Written 28 November 2022
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1marylou1
Pewaukee, WI55 contributions
Feb 2022 • Couples
The guide was very informative and helpful. The butterflies are amazing and plentiful. Blue Morphos most gorgeous. They are planning a restaurant soon. A beautiful location- quaint, clean and a gift shop with cute patio seating w a beautiful breeze. We asked about a place nearby for food and drink and MadFish was recommended. Excellent! A great experience today. Recommend for family, tourists and locals.
Written 18 February 2022
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pleiva
Santiago, Chile23 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
Excellent place to learn everything about the wonderful world of butterflies. Attended by its owners, who speak English and Spanish, you have access to a personalized guided tour of excellent quality. In a friendly, educational way, with good humor and answering ALL your questions, you learn about this interesting world of butterflies. Beautiful place, with a souvenir shop and restaurant too.
Written 5 January 2024
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Linda N M
Los Alamos, NM67 contributions
Jan 2017 • Friends
This is an enchanting little place and run by the sweetest gals you can imagine. I was completely ignorant of butterflies but am now more informed thanks to the tour. There were several children there and it was great fun watching them interact with the butterflies. I was most charmed by the bowl of 'feeders' by the entry...popsicle sticks with tiny sponges affixed and soaked in orange Gatorade (! who knew?). The grounds are small, but I did notice a couple of picnic tables under shade trees so if one were traveling with kiddos, I would be tempted to take box lunches there. It might be a good idea to call to make sure that would be okay, but I suspect it would be fine.
Written 21 January 2017
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Hello! Of course it would be nice to bring your picnic, we love it when you enjoy the garden that we prepared for you!
Written 7 February 2018
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kshearmire
Garden City, KS90 contributions
Jan 2017
We saw more butterflies in this one spot than ever before!
Our guide gave us a very informative explanation of how the butterflies develop from the egg to caterpillar to the pups on to becoming a beautiful butterfly!
Then we were left on our own to enjoy the butterflies for as long as we desired!
Our guide gave us a very informative explanation of how the butterflies develop from the egg to caterpillar to the pups on to becoming a beautiful butterfly!
Then we were left on our own to enjoy the butterflies for as long as we desired!
Written 18 January 2017
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Bruce Okrant
Shorewood, IL95 contributions
Mar 2014 • Couples
This little gem is in Escazu,an upscale suburb of San Jose, and convenient to get to. It is a relatively small area, but the people who run the butterfly farm are warm, friendly, and knowledgeable. One of the owners took us through the life cycle of butterflies and moths using live eggs, pupa, and hatching butterflies. She the showed us where they lay there eggs and which plants each of the species eats. The butterfly enclosure allows you to sit and listen to soothing music while being surrounded by a rainbow of beautiful butterflies.
Written 2 April 2014
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Walter M
29 contributions
Jan 2018 • Couples
This is a wonderful place to visit for an hour and a half or so. We were alone when we visited, and got a very through explanation of the various butterflies we saw, as well as various details about their life cycles. This was a great opportunity for photos. The only difficulty was getting transportation back into San Jose - our Uber couldn't find the place, and there weren't taxis around. It also has a different, higher price for tourists than locals.
Written 26 January 2018
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Thank you for your review, we will take care about transportation facilities.
Written 28 January 2018
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cunninghamd2017
Glasgow, UK11 contributions
Jan 2018 • Couples
Great little butterfly kingdom. Excellent, well informed introduction around the links between butterflies (in their various stages of development) and plants and another animals. Superb collection. Spent a good hour or so on the morning before departure. $12 entrance - worth it - and supports the facility.
Written 25 January 2018
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Thanks for your review! We hope you come back again!
Written 31 January 2018
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2travel17
Monterey, CA1 contribution
Nov 2017 • Friends
The Butterfly kingdom stayed open an hour past there closing time for my college group. They were extremely helpful and informative about the butterflies. They never made us feel rushed and were are very welcoming. Will definitely recommend them to my friend and family who travel to Costa Rica. Thank you so much!
Written 28 November 2017
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Thank you for your review, you are always welcome!
Written 30 January 2018
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Ray W
San Jose, Costa Rica53 contributions
Sept 2017 • Family
Our grandsons, 6 and 4, loved it! The introductory presentation was well done. Area to view butterflies is spacious and includes opportunity to "feed" the butterflies. We'll definetly return.
Written 11 October 2017
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