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Beginning Birding

11 Days/10 Nights

Visit Poas Volcano and on to Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve staying at Monteverde Lodge, hike through the Reserve where you will have a good chance of spotting a quetzal, visit to the Hummingbird Gallery. Next, visit Carara National Park and Biological Reserve a world renowned nesting ground for the Scarlet macaws, stay at Villa Lapas. On to Turrialba and Rancho Naturalista where guests have recorded 340 species of birds locally. End up with Savegre Mountain Lodge in Savegre Valley one of the best places to spot the quetzal. In San Jose, stay at Xandari Plantation.

$3,399 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy.  Includes 9 days with Private Naturalist Guide as indicated in day by day itinerary.

Intermediate Birding

12 Days/11 Nights

Featuring Poas Volcano followed by Carara Biological Reserve staying at Villa Lapas. Next, visit the Mangrove Estuary at Palo Verde National Park staying at Hotel Las Espuelas. On to Tortuguero National Park birding on the canals by boat while staying at Tortuga Lodge. End up with Savegre Valley at Savegre Mountain Lodge one of the premier places in the neotropics to see the Resplendent quetzal, visit to Tapanti Wildlife Refuge. In San Jose, stay at Xandari Plantation.

$3,719 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy. Includes Local Guide as indicated in day by day itinerary.

$4,398 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy.  Includes 10 days with Private Naturalist Guide as indicated in itinerary.

Advanced Birding

12 Days/11 Nights

A birding experience for the advanced birders, visit La Virgen del Socorro, La Selva Biological Station with a night tour at La Selva. Next, explore the canals of Tortuguero National Park by boat while staying at Tortuga Lodge, continue on to Carara Biological Reserve. End up with the Savegre Valley and the Savegre Mountain Lodge. In San Jose, stay at Xandari Plantation.

$3,349 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy. Includes Local Guide as indicated in day by day itinerary.

$4,298 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy.  Includes 10 days with Private Naturalist Guide as indicated in itinerary.

The Way of the Quetzal, Sunbittern and Scarlet Macaw

9 Days/8 Nights

Featuring some of the best places to spot the Resplendent quetzal, Scarlet macaw and Sunbittern. Start with a full day in Sunbittern territory white water rafting on the Pacuare River. Next, Cerro de la Muerte and Savegre Mountain Lodge home of the quetzal, half day guided hike through the oak forest. End up with Corcovado National Park and a day trip to Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp’s Canopy Tree Platform and the Madrigal Hike where you have a better than even chance to see a flock of Scarlet macaws. In San Jose stay at Hotel Parque del Lago.

$1,298 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy. Includes Local Guide as indicated in day by day itinerary.

$1,798 per person with minimum 2 persons in double occupancy.  Includes 6 days with Private Naturalist Guide as indicated in itinerary.

 

5 Grogan's Park, Suite 102
The Woodlands TX  77380
1-800-451-8017 / tel 281-367-3386 / fax 281-298-2335
email:  adventure@tropicaltravel.com
:: Some of the finest birding anywhere!

With more than 850 species of resident and migrant birds identified throughout the country, Costa Rica abounds with great bird-watching sites. Lodges with the best bird-watching include Savegre Lodge, in Cerro de la Muerte, off the road to San Isidro de El General (quetzal sightings are almost guaranteed); La Paloma Lodge in Drake Bay, where you can sit on the porch of your cabin as the avian parade goes by; Arenal Observatory Lodge, on the flanks of Arenal Volcano; La Selva Biological Station, in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí; Aviarios del Caribe, just north of Cahuita; Lapa Ríos and Bosque del Cabo, on the Osa Peninsula; Rainbow Adventures, on Playa Cativa along the Golfo Dulce; La Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, up by the Nicaraguan border; and Tiskita Lodge, down by the Panamanian border. 

Some of the best parks and preserves for serious birders are Monteverde Biological Cloud Forest Reserve (for resplendent quetzals and hummingbirds); Corcovado National Park (for scarlet macaws); Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge (for wading birds, including jabiru storks); Wilson Botanical Gardens and the Las Cruces Biological Station, near San Vito (the thousands of flowering plants here are bird magnets); Guayabo, Negritos, and Pájaros Islands biological reserves in the Gulf of Nicoya (for magnificent frigate birds and brown boobies); Palo Verde National Park (for ibises, jacanas, storks, and roseate spoonbills); Tortuguero National Park (for great green macaws); and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (for parakeets and curassows). Rafting trips down the Corobicí and Bebedero rivers near Liberia, boat trips to or at Tortuguero National Park, and hikes in any cloud forest also provide good bird-watching.

In San José your best bets are to head toward the lush grounds and gardens of the University of Costa Rica, or to Parque del Este, a little farther east in the foothills just outside of town.

 

 

 

 
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