Bird Watching
If you are a bird lover, Costa Rica is the ideal place for your special vacations as it hosts more than 800 species of birds occupying different ecosystems throughout the habitat zones of the country. From the sea coasts to the alpine tundra ecosystems, in the jungle, as well as in agricultural zones, creating multiple ecological habitat niches.
Lowland Bird Watching Hike
After a cup of locally sourced coffee, we will take you by car to the Biological Research Center. From there you will hike through a secondary forest with your eagle-eyed guide.
After about an hour, you will arrive at a rookery where egrets, herons and ibis are often found. From the rookery you will continue along the edge of the mangrove and complete the loop back to the Biological Research Center.You will have a typical Costa Rican breakfast at the Biological Research Center. The final leg of the tour includes another secondary forest and beach terrain where you will have the opportunity to observe shore birds such as whimbrels, plovers, phalaropes, sandpipers and sanderlings, pelicans and frigate birds.
Start time: 6:00 am
Duration: 5 hours
Price: US $49 per person
Limit: Minimum 2 people and maximum 8 people
Includes: Bilingual naturalist guide, entrance fee
Rainforest Bird Watching Hike
Birdwatching begins with your Naturalist Guide, he’ll take you through old cacao plantations, where the Monkeys are Made of Chocolate and you’ll end on the ridge overlooking the lowlands and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
Your birdwatching tour begins just after daybreak. After a couple of hours of early morning walking you will arrive at the campsite where your guide heats up and serves a typical Costa Rican breakfast. After breakfast you will hike through primary forest in search for the birds that forage in this habitat.
Start time: 6:00 am
Duration: 5 hours
Price: US $54 per person
Limit: Minimum 2 people and maximum 8 people
Includes: Bilingual naturalist guide, entrance fee
