Mirador Paso del Quetzal | Established Campground

August 3rd, 2023 by OnA

You can hardly call this a camping. You basically camp on the parking lot of the soda. On all four sides you have a building (the soda below , the neighbours above, the house of the owners on one side and a new construction on the other). There are no real horizontal spaces so it is not really suitable for tents.
The toilets are new and clean. No shower or wash place however.
All on all to us it is more something like an emergency option.

Owners are indeed friendly and in the morning the immediately pointed out where the quetzals hung out. And that is probably the best reason to stay the night here (when it is quetzal season).
The other bonus is that you are close to the park entrances.

July 22nd, 2023 by Chris and Tovah's Amazing Adventures

Beautiful botanical garden with camping in restaurant parking lot. There is no access to power, No Wi-Fi, no cell coverage, and no shower.

July 5th, 2023 by mitreisend.com

We arrived in the dark (7.30pm) but no problem with the roads or finding this spot. The gate was closed, so we honked and Jenny came out.

She said it‘s not a problem to arrive late (and that we should put this Information on IOverlander as well). Her phone number is 86806532.

We saw Quetzals all day long in the tree next to the gate and many Colibris. Amazing!

Jenny and her husband are super friendly and welcoming.

No internet or wifi, but our Starlink worked (we put it on the roof of the small building with the Claro Antenna)

March 21st, 2023 by kleine.erlebnisse

Very nice and tranquil spot in a beautiful area! No view of the mountains but there is a nice lookout you can walk to that is about 10 minutes from the campsite. We negotiated for 6000 colones per night for two persons without using the shower. The toilets seem new and are very clean and close to the camp. We didn't spot any Quetzals, the friendly owner told us that it's more likely to see them between June/July and December.

July 3rd, 2022 by MeatAroundTheWorld

If you are after sightings of the Quetzal. Then this place is for you! Jenny and her husband will help you spot them and are very knowledgeable about all the bird species. As previously described it was a very cool night. Although close to the road there is very little traffic and the location is set in a beautiful and peaceful location. 8000 colones for the three of us. Definitely recommend, we’re returning in a few weeks with family who are visiting.

January 5th, 2022 by toni.arn

Very nice place for stay one night. Francisco received us warmly. We had the access to a little bathroom with toilet and shower (cold) and electricity. The socket is few metres away from the parking space. That’s why I recommend to have a long cable. Another point which you should know the night was VERY cold. We had between 3 to 5 degrees.

November 13th, 2021 by palms.and.pinetrees

Slept here for one night for 8000c for two persons. Area is nice and safe. At night it’s getting „cold“, so we had about 10 degrees. There is also a very cute dog. The restaurant looks very good but we didn’t eat there.

The bathroom is ok and clean. There is very bad internet connection and no WIFI.

September 29th, 2021 by Schiebockner

They now have a widow maker shower head and use that as a reason to charge 4000 colones per person per night.
We could negociante for 6000 colones for two people without use of the shower.

Nice place, had no luck with Quetzales, though.

December 9th, 2019 by ashley.l.bumgarner

Great place, nice people and very quiet, hot shower and toilet. High in mountain, 10 km from Volcan Irazu. Very cold at night, 14 degrees Celsius. Recommend this place!

November 2nd, 2019 by lrieucau

Jenny est très gentille et très dévouée pour vous montrer le quezal.
l l'électricité est en plus du prix et très chère 4 ou 5000 par nuit.

October 28th, 2019 by irene_robberegt

Mirador Paso del Quetzal is a very beautiful place! Jenny, the owner is super friendly and when we arrived she could directly show us a quetzal in the tree!

As it was super cold in this area, we did stay in the Cabinas in stead of out tent. Luckily, this was possible as she hurried to make the Cabinas ready.

She runs a soda at the same place so we could have diner and breakfast here.

Would definitely recommend this place!

September 16th, 2019 by Gerhardius

What a friendly people and Yes: we saw the quetzal here! Even better: 3 quetzals! We came in the evening with a little rain, but we could use the guesthouse and the soda to sit dry. Very recomendable!

September 14th, 2019 by legrandnicolas

Perfect place to stay. Jennie is very helpful and friendly. We stay there one night and paid 3000 colones per person. We have seen quetzales in the tree in the middle of the garden.

July 24th, 2019 by mischling

Very nice hosts. Camp spot is next to their ornamental flower growing business (hortensias, sunflowers, roses...)

She let us use the bathroom of the very basic cabin. Electric shower which was cold because no power arriving to it. We did not ask Jenny if she could help fix it, but she most probably will if you ask her.

June 29th, 2019 by ilsebraun1

We had an amazing time at Jenni’s place. We paid 3000 colones per person. It’s clean and there is a bathroom available. We could also use her restaurant to prepare our food. In the morning she invited us for some
Bird watching. Highly recommended!

December 19th, 2018 by slidy007

Great place to stop. Room for maybe 3 vans, and one cabana set behind a roadside soda. Toilet and cold shower, although shower was broken so Jenny let us use the cabana for a hot shower. Lots of birds, 2km from Irazu volcano park, which has great walking trails ($5 entry), quiet and secluded.

September 9th, 2018 by Wilson Ahoi

Very good place to stay a couple of nights and visit the volcan Irazu! There are several quetzales living in the area and they eat the fruits of the tree in the middle of the camping - we saw one of them in the morning! Very friendly hosts!

July 3rd, 2018 by vanablog.com

Enjoyed camping here. Paid 3,000 per adult and 2,000 per child. We loved the swings. It’s a beautiful area and was a nice change from the beach. It gets very cold but is green and lush with lots of farmlands around. We had lots of great meals prepared by Jenny and she is very friendly. We watched her husband milk their cow too. Didn’t spot any quetzals but stayed here while we went to see Volcan Irazu (about a 30 min drive).

June 20th, 2018 by mail

The place is now 3000 collones per person. Jenny is really nice. There is a basic toilet and shower, not special but quite good. We arrived very late and they were very friendly.

June 8th, 2018 by built.by.seb

Nice place to camp with our westfalia. Jenny was very welcoming and made sure we were alright. We ate dinner and breakfast, very good. We were able to connect to electricity and the wifi was good.

April 23rd, 2018 by adventurehaks.com

Very nice family and property. 3,000C per person now. Bathroom with cold shower. They let us use the picnic tables out front of the restaurant to cook and hang out. They have a small rustic Cabin as well for $15,000C for 24 hours, has a washroom with hot shower.

December 10th, 2017 by Saint Paul de Vence Ushuaia

Nice wellcome from Jenny and her family, we enjoy having a diner. Unforunatly, we did not see the Quetzal, we recommand this place.

October 30th, 2017 by DrivenToWander

Be sure to take 219 here, and not the alternate 218 that maps.me uses! Beautiful spot but close see when we were here. Most likely due to storms as we saw lots of mud slides in the area. As it is on the route to the national,park, hopefully they will reopen again soon. No one was around for us to ask questions.

August 7th, 2017 by nomadfootprints.com

Super nice spot to camp. 4000 C per vehicle. Very nice lady, called Jenny! During weekends you can eat as well. BIG BONUS: early in the morning you can see the magical bird Quetzal. We saw a Quetzal several times eating and spitting out the nuts . Season to see them is from July till December. The other months they migrate somewhere else to nest