Waterfall Gardens is open year round from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with
our last shuttle pick up from the exit trail at 5:00 p.m. We recommend
our last visitors to enter the park at 3:00 p.m. to insure that they have
enough time to walk the primary trails. Reservations are not necessary.
We can accommodate earlier arrivals and later departures with an advance
request.
With
over 3.5 kilometers of walking trails, we recommend a minimum of 2
hours for your visit. However, if you would like to see every
trail and thoroughly enjoy the time spent in the Butterfly Observatory,
Hummingbird Garden, serpentarium, Frog Exhibit, Tica House, Trout Lake and our bird watching areas, you will probably
want to stay the whole day.
Waterfall
Gardens is primarily a self-guided tour allowing our visitors to proceed
directly to their areas of interest. However, we highly recommend guided tour ($35 per group as available) to receive the most information and impact from your visit.
“What
if it rains?” This is the Rainforest for goodness sake! Seriously,
sometimes it does rain here and sometimes it doesn’t stop! However,
we do offer raincoats for sale and our trails are designed so you will
have places to stop and take cover. However, we do not offer ‘rain
days’ for paid tours.
What
should you bring? FILM OR DIGITAL MEMORY CARD WITH A LOT SPACE!! No, that’s just our biased
opinion. We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes
(preferably with a thick tread for hiking the trails and hundreds of stairs),
shorts or comfortable pants and a lightweight jacket or raincoat. Please
keep in mind that the park ranges in altitude from 5,200 feet to 4,200
feet so it can get chilly when the clouds roll in. |
