[3] It has an average altitude of 814 meters and is bounded to the north by the bed of the river Rio Poas.

[4] It is administered by a conservation nonprofit foundation called Fundación Restauración de la Naturaleza,[5] which also is responsible for the country's largest rehabilitation center in the Rescate Wildlife campus.

Because of its major expansion and pleasant climate, for many years appeared attempts to build on its premises a rescue center, but none materialized until the early 1990s when the property was to be administered by conservationist Dennis Janik, who lead the introduction of over a thousand trees in substitution of the coffee plantations.

In the following decades, various species of birds originating from various parts of the country, in order to promote the concept of conservation of tropical habitat, were introduced.

Rescate Wildlife devotes part of its activity to research, captive breeding of species of tropical flora and fauna, including reptiles since 1999, environmental education, conservation, and rehabilitation of injured, orphan or recovered animal species.