On the way to Santa Rosa National Park we stopped at Las Pumas Rescue Center.
Centro Las Pumas
Welcome to Rescue Center Las Pumas. This is a map of the Center.
Green Parrot
Tigrillo/Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
Caucel/Margay (Leopardus weidii)
The paw of a caucel.
Our guide at the Center. She also works there and knows all the animals very well.
A tigrillo catching up on some sleep.
To the Pumas!
Puma (Puma concolor)
Manigordo/Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Manigordo
Puma
Jaguar/Jaguar (Panthera onca)
White-faced monkey (Cebus capucinus)
Keel-billed toucan (Pamphastos sulfuratus)
A beautiful water lily in one of the ponds (Nymphea sp.)
In the background is an elementary school group that visited the Center and is celebrating with a piņata.
A striped fish in another pond.
Another view of the Center. You can see our guide and Jorge Torres in the back.
Don't forget the souvenirs!
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On the way to Santa Rosa National Park we stopped at Las Pumas Rescue Center.