Zona Protectora Miravalles

Tip

Many SINAC parks require buying tickets online in advance; check the official site.

Be careful

Go with water and rain gear, and stay on official trails.

Places nearby

• Cuilpilapan (waterfalls, hanging bridge & Mirador Jaguar)Parks & Wildlife · from $10A family-run, solar-powered reserve bordering Miravalles National Park — its Nahuatl name means 'river of colors'.
• Las Hornillas Volcano Hot SpringsDay Passes & Hot SpringsA private property on Miravalles' active side where you walk between bubbling mud pots, steam vents and sulfur crystals, then soak in volcanic mud and hot pools.
• Frog's ParadiseParks & WildlifeA family project on a former cattle farm turned secondary forest in Bijagua, run by owner Miguel; its night walks find red-eyed tree frogs, poison dart frogs and more, and are loved by families.
• La Casona del Maíz (Bijagua corn shack)Sodas & Local FoodA corn-everything stop on the main road as you enter Bijagua from the south, easy to spot by the giant corn cob statue out front.
• Thermomanía (Aguas Termales Thermomania)Day Passes & Hot SpringsBig family hot-spring park in Fortuna de Bagaces with thermal pools, a volcanic mud spa and natural steam sauna, open into the evening.
• Termales El GuayacánDay Passes & Hot SpringsFamily hot springs on a farm by the Quebrada Hornillas in Fortuna de Bagaces, with natural thermal pools, volcanic mud, a lookout and a restaurant.