Venado is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.

[1] Located three kilometers from the head of the district, there are caverns, which are 2000 meters long and are integrated by galleries, rooms, bathrooms, tunnels, windows, vents and chimneys.

It limits the northeast with the districts of Monterrey, the southeast with La Fortuna, the west and southwest with Tilarán and the northwest with the canton of Guatuso.

The direct connection that is offered by bus from the place is to Quesada.

[6] The district is covered by the following road routes: The 14 population centers of the district are: The main productive activity is the cattle raising of milk and meat and its derivatives (like the manufacture of cheeses) together with the production of roots and tubers.