As part of the behind-the-scenes panda experience, a private guide shuttles guests around the rest of the 260-acre preserve, which also houses red pandas, golden monkeys, cranes and other rare birds.

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At Corcovado you can find tapirs, jaguars, pumas, anteaters, two-toed and three-toed sloths, golden orb spiders, moon crabs, a diversification of monkeys (including all four types of Costa Rican monkeys, found only in Corcovado), crocodiles, poison dart frogs, pelicans, 220 species of butterflies, scarlet macaws and even the rare and venomous fer-de-lance snake.

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Inside, you will find monkeys scampering and bounding up the 272 steps into Temple Cave, the vast main cavern that houses a golden statue of Muruga.

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