The Pejivalle town lies in a valley between the La Marta Wildlife Refuge and the Tapantí National Park.

Plaza Vieja is the oldest neighborhood in Pejivalle formed in the 1940s just after the Costa Rican Civil War.

In the last 20 years with the decline in price of both sugar and coffee, Pejivalle has moved away from traditional agricultural production towards greater tourism.

The river itself has class 2 and 3 rapids, and the town has recently been the site of the Costa Rica National Rafting Competition.

Regular hiking, bicycle, and horse back riding tours of the cloud forest can be found in Pejivalle as well.

Students take classes to learn three languages (English, Spanish, and French) along with the basic core curriculum set forth by the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) of Math, Science, Religion, Social Studies, among others, and a special course in Environmental Studies (also called Ambiental).