GRAND COSTA RICA BIRDING TOUR
Tour Itinerary
COSTA RICA
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*
| Duration: | 16 days, 15 nights |
| Group Size: | 2-8 |
| Anytime Price: | $5950 |
| Group Price: | $5200 |
| Single Suppl: | $550 |
| Est #Species: | 350-375 |
| Pace: | Moderate |
| Difficulty: | Moderate |
| * This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available. | |
| DAY | ACTIVITY | MEALS | ACCOMMODATIONS |
| 1 | Arrival | None | Hotel Aeropuerto |
| 2 | Early departure for the Pacific lowlands. Birding Ceiba-Cascajal Road enroute. Afternoon lodge grounds. | BLD | Cerro Lodge |
| 3 | Morning Carara National Park. Afternoon Carara National Park or boat trip on Tarcoles River. | BLD | Cerro Lodge |
| 4 | Morning transfer to Osa Peninsula. Birding stops at Quepos for Spot-fronted Swift and the Rincon River for Yellow-billed Cotinga. Afternoon birding lodge grounds. | BLD | Danta Corcovado Lodge |
| 5 | All day birding Osa Peninsula. | BLD | Danta Corcovado Lodge |
| 6 | All day birding Osa Peninsula. | BLD | Danta Corcovado Lodge |
| 7 | Morning transfer to San Gerardo de Dota. Birding enroute at Cerro de La Muerte in the Talamanca highlands. Afternoon birding lodge grounds. | BLD | Savegre Mountain Lodge |
| 8 | Morning visit Paraiso Quetzales for Resplendant Quetzal. Afternoon birding highlands above the lodge. | BLD | Savegre Mountain Lodge |
| 9 | Depart very early for 3 hour drive to Reserva El Copal in the highlands not far from Tapanti National Park. Much of day birding there. Late afternoon transfer to Quelitales. | BLD | Hotel Quelitales |
| 10 | Morning birding hotel grounds and viewing hummingbirds at feeders. Afternoon transfer to Sarapiqui area. Birding there after arrival. | BLD | La Quinta Inn |
| 11 | Morning La Selva Biological Reserve. Afternoon transfer to Arenal area, Birding lodge grounds after arrival. | BLD | Arenal Observatory Lodge |
| 12 | All day Arenal National Park and nearby lodge grounds. | BLD | Arenal Observatory Lodge |
| 13 | Early morning private reserve near Fortuna followed by transfer to Monteverde. Afternoon Selvatura Reserve for Three-wattled Bellbirds. | BLD | Cala Lodge. |
| 14 | Morning Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Afternoon transfer to La Ensenada. Birding there after arrival. | BLD | La Ensenada |
| 15 | Morning birding La Ensenada Reserve. Afternoon transfer to Alajuela. | BLD | Hotel Aeropuerto |
| 16 | End of tour. Flights home. | B | None |