Everywhere you wander in San Gerardo you will discover beautiful flowers, fruit-bearing trees and magnificent tropical vegetation, but there are also two Gardens you can visit and learn more about the flora of the region.

Long prized for its variety of orchids San Gerardo is a treat for enthusiasts and gardeners alike Make sure you allow time to visit:

1. Los Cocolisos Truchero (Trout Farm)
Open: Daily till 6pm

The family has a prize collection of orchids and welcome visitors to learn more about their beautiful specimens.

Located: on the road to Barrio Chispa. From the plaza in San Gerardo walk about 200m up the road. Just before the bridge and the climb to Cloudbridge Reserve and the Chirripó entrance, the road forks. Take the left fork and walk about 100m. Los Cocolisos is on your right.

2. The Secret Gardens
Open: Mon to Sat, 8am–4pm

Location: 300 metres north of the MINAE offices, on the road to Herradura.

Telephone: (506)-2-742-5086
Ask for: Bernan Blanco, Shirley Jiménez, Klaus Siebert

Visit the Secret Gardens and discover the tropical environment characteristic of our community. Hike the easy access trails to see the immense variety of heliconias, bromeliads and orchids native to this beautiful region of Costa Rica, that provide a unique variety of flowers, colours and scents in the garden.

Discover the colourful birds that live in our garden; whose song, together with the sound of the Rio Blanco, creates a place of natural harmony and relaxation.

We have counted five springs that provide life to our garden and refuge for the most beautiful aquatic plants and animals. From our lookout you can view the majestic Talamanca Mountain Range that peaks at Mt Chirripó.

“Learn about Nature in the Secret Gardens”

Price: $3.00 per person
Level of difficulty: Low