01 Oct 2025 - 06 Oct 2025 (6 days)
USD2,895 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Diego Quesada
Tour price (Per person): USD2,895 * GBP2,309 * EUR2,786 * AUD4,648
Single Supplement: USD260 * GBP207 * EUR250 * AUD417
30 Sep 2026 - 05 Oct 2026 (6 days)
USD3,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Jehudy Carballo
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): USD3,000 * GBP2,392 * EUR2,887 * AUD4,817
Our extension will explore the unique habitats of the Caribbean slope covering the delightful Rancho Naturalista and famous La Selva areas. Thrilling birding, high-quality lodgings and a relaxed pace make this introduction a perfect start to the exciting avifauna of Central America!
Snowcap; Black-crested Coquette; Violet-headed Hummingbird; Green Thorntail; Violet Sabrewing; Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer; Green-crowned Brilliant; Black-cheeked & Chestnut-colored Woodpecker; Montezuma Oropendola; Tawny-throated Leaftosser; Dull-mantled Antbird; Great Tinamou; White-crowned Manakin; Thicket Antpitta; Rufous-winged Woodpecker; Slaty-capped Flycatcher; Brown-billed Scythebill; Scaly-breasted Wren; White-throated Flycatcher; Black-throated Wren; Grey-headed Piprites; Grey-headed Chachalaca; Brown-hooded Parrot; Finsch’s Parakeet; Black-and-yellow & Crimson-collared Tanagers; Great Green Macaw; Snowy Cotinga; Gartered, Slaty-tailed & Black-throated Trogons; White-collared & Red-capped Manakins.
Collared Peccary; Central American Agouti; Central American Spider Monkey; Black Howler Monkey.
Cloud forest and rainforest
Comfortably cool, can get humid
8 with 1 Tour leader
MODERATE TO CHALLENGING: This tour requires a good level of fitness, stamina, and overall health. It’s best suited for experienced birders who are comfortable with a more active itinerary. Please note that it may not be ideal for avid photographers, new birders, or those with mobility or health concerns.
Moderate to easy. Suitable for most birding / wildlife interest levels.
Comfortable.
Mostly easy, with several tricker forest species. Garden & lodge birding typically provides good visuals of most species.
Good. Lots of fruit & hummingbird feeders. Photography more difficult within closed forest canopy.
This was a seriously enjoyable tour. To be fair though it would be hard to NOT enjoy a bird tour to this lovely country. Still the accommodation was good, Jehudy kept a diverse group interested and coordinated with his high level of expertise, responsiveness to individual needs and great birding knowledge—And the birds just kept coming.
I can say it was a great tour. Forrest and Richard were fantastic leaders. I would bird with them anywhere.
The tour guide Jehudy Carballo was excellent - extremely knowledgeable and nice. Even the driver Pablo was knowledgeable about birds and together they worked very well. I would definitely recommend this tour - all the lodges were amazing, the schedule was very well organized and food was delicious. We saw so many birds, it was absolutely amazing!
Bobby Wilcox was a good guide. Calm and knowledgeable. The food and accommodation were both very good, Better than I expect.
Super tour and the excellent guiding services were made even better by the presence of our driver who could be a bird guide in his own right.
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