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El Zota Biological Field Station, Costa Rica

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El Zota Biological Station offer our visitors:

  • Transportation.
  • Individual and shared Cabins.
  • Dining room.
  • Two classrooms.
  • Phone.
  • Guides (by contract).
  • Internal transportation.
  • Hiking Paths.
  • Also the available equipment and the infrastructure helps to conduct research at the station, and offers many options for studies.

At the station you can find three kind of forests. Primary forest, then you can find the regenerate secondary forest and reforestation areas, which allow the visitors to compare the different habitads.

Some of the common species you can find at the station are the spider monkeys, Capuchin monkeys, Howler monkeys, Jaguares, Tapirs, Great green Macaws, Alligators, Snakes, frogs and alot  more.


We have many trails to walk around the station, where the visitors will learn about the tropic and its variety of species, and the importance of preserving these species in their natural habitat.

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Many students from different universities and countries visited the station and contributed to the research of the station area and its biodiversity.

Our visitors also could find at El Zota a perfect place to rest and enjoy a friendly, peaceful and natural environment.
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