Costa Rica - Join us in 'Birding Heaven'

Picture graceful, tall mountains, their tips wreathed in clouds, their slopes enveloped by majestic trees; imagine sprawling inland valleys of lush green meadows with rushing rivers and arching waterfalls; aquamarine water lapping glistening beaches; balmy breezes cascading over the stunning plateaus, and down below the dense jungle whitens in a blanket of mist and steam; conjure up a vision of a population whose smiles reveal their inner happiness and pride in their land – Costa Rica. 

Keith Taylor

*Price: 2700 Euros p.p. (single supplement 600 Euros)

Includes all accommodation, food, transport, fulltime guides, nature reserve entrance fees, boat trips and of course airport transfers.

Excludes flights, insurance and personal costs

*Deposit: 600 Euros p.p.

*Options: available for pre and/or post tour accommodation in San Jose staying in the superb Hotel Bougainvillea, full board including airport transfers at 150 Euros p.p.  per night (single supplement 30 Euros)

Maximum tour party size is 14 - ONLY 4 PLACES REMAINING (as at August 21st 2008)

 


*Picture gallery -COSTA RICA birds

Out of 410 species seen during our tour in 2008, we managed photos of over 250! To view the gallery, please click on the photo shown here.

Our latest trip report. Please view/or download here 

A concise tour itinerary. Please view/or download here

A more detailed itinerary. Please view/or download here

A route map of our tour. Please view/or download here

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for further information please complete our enquiry form on Contact us page

Costa Rica is one of the richest countries in the world for birds. More species have been recorded here than in the whole of North America yet the country is only the size of a small State! This tour has been organised to cover most of the best birding areas and aims to visit as wide a range of habitats as possible. Of course such a diversity of habitats will also produce diversity of plants, butterflies and amphibians. The scenery is stunning and sure to add an extra ingredient to make this special holiday one to remember! Not only does Costa Rica have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean), but forest types ranging from dry deciduous forests in the lowlands to lush evergreen cloudforests in the highlands. It also has rivers, marshes, swamps and subalpine paramo.

It goes without saying that all our accommodation is of the usual very high standard as all Spanish Nature tours. This tour is relaxed and recommended if comfort and easy pace is required.

All guests have regular options, either join-in with group birding or opt-out and enjoy your own company. You, the client, have choices unlike with so many other group tours!

To know more about us, please refer to the Spanish Nature page.

A concise Tour Itinerary

At A Glance 15/16 Day Itinerary

Day one

Day two

Day three

Day four

Day five

Day six

Day seven

Day eight

Day nine

Day ten

Day eleven

Day twelve

Day thirteen

Day fourteen

Day fifteen

Day sixteen

Day seventeen

Accommodation

Savegre Mountain Lodge

Savegre Mountain Lodge

Savegre Mountain Lodge

Rancho Naturalista

Rancho Naturalista

La Quinta

La Quinta

La Quinta

Caño Negro Natural Lodge

Caño Negro Natural Lodge

Arenal Observatory Lodge

Arenal Observatory Lodge

Punta Leone Beach Resort

Punta Leone Beach Resort

Punta Leone Beach Resort

Hotel bougainvillea/Departure

*Departure

Visited Areas

San Jose to Savegre Mountain Lodge

Lodge Area

am Paramo

Rancho Naturalista via Providencia Road

Rancho area

Rancho Naturalista to La Quinta

La Selva OTS

am Braulio Carillo

am Virgen del Socorro/Cinchona hummingbird station

Caño Negro Wetlands

am to Arenal hanging bridges, pm birding at Lake Arenal

am Observatory grounds

Carara area

am Tarcol/Carara area, pm boat ride Tarcoles river

All day in Carara National Park

am Mangrove boat ride - hotel/airport departure *see options

*Departure (options for extra nights available)

Those wishing to have full details, please download our  'Touring Costa Rica' brochure, in Pdf format (1,6 MB)  here


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