* Daily schedule is approximate and may change at the leader's discretion.
Rancho Naturalista
San Gerardo de Dota
Talamanca Mountains
July 16-24, 2011
(9 days, 8 nights)
Price $2450
($2350 until 03/16/2011)
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Sat
Jul 16 |
San Jose
Hotel Aeropuerto
Included Meals: D |
Evening dinner and orientation at Hotel Aeropuerto in Alajuela, near San Jose international airport. |
Sun
Jul 17 |
Transfer
R.N. Reserve
Rancho Naturalista
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Caribbean slope, arriving mid-morning. Remainder of day photograph hummingbirds coming to feeders and birds around lodge grounds. |
Mon
Jul 18 |
R.N. Reserve
Rancho Naturalista
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning bird photography walk along trails through forest on lodge grounds. Afternoon photograph birds at feeders, in gardens, and along forest edge. |
Tues
Jul 19 |
Tuis Reserve Valley
R.N. Reserve
Rancho Naturalista
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning excursion to Tuis River Valley, a higher elevation site. Morning photograph birds along Rio Tuis with particular goal to find and photograph Sunbitterns along the river. Afternoon photograph birds around lodge. |
Wed
Jul 20 |
R.N. Reserve
San Gerardo de Dota
Savegre Mountain Hotel
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning photograph birds in gardens or in forest. Mid-day transfer to Savegre Mountain Hotel in the Talamanca Mountains, arriving late afternoon. |
Thurs
Jul 21 |
San Gerardo de Dota
Savegre Mountain Hotel
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning walk to look for and photograph Resplendent Quetzal. Mid-day photograph hummingbirds around lodge feeders. Afternoon photograph birds in the gardens and forest near lodge. |
Fri
Jul 22 |
San Gerardo de Dota
Savegre Mountain Hotel
Included Meals: BLD |
Drive by 4-wheel-drive to higher elevation above lodge. Morning photograph birds in the higher elevation forest. Afternoon photograph hummingbirds and other birds around lodge grounds. |
Sat
Jul 23 |
San Gerardo de Dota
Talamanca Highlands
San Jose
Hotel Aeropuerto
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast. Morning walk along River Trail through forest making photographs of highland forest birds. Stop at a couple sites along the ridge road to photograph higher elevation birds. Transfer to San Jose, arriving by late afternoon. |
Sun
Jul 24 |
San Jose
Included Meals: B |
Early breakfast. End of tour. International flight home. |
