COSTA RICA MEGA BIRDING TOUR
Tour Itinerary
COSTA RICA
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*
| Duration: | 21 days, 20 nights |
| Group Size: | 2-8 |
| Anytime Price: | $7550 |
| Group Price: | $7100 |
| Single Suppl: | $650 |
| Est #Species: | 400-450 |
| 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 Wilson Botanical Gardens near San Vito. Afternoon birding there. | BLD | Wilson Botanical Gardens |
| 8 | Early morning birding in the botanical gardens. Mid morning depart for San Gerardo de Dota, stopping to look for Chiriqui Yellowthroat in wetlands near San Vito and lunch in San Isidro de El General, Early afternoon stop at Georgina's Restaurant to view high elevation hummingbirds followed by birding the road up to the antenna area atop Cerro de La Muerte in the Talamanca highlands. Continue on to the valley of San Gerardo de Dota, arriving late afternoon. View hummingbirds at feeders on lodge grounds. | BLD | Savegre Mountain Lodge |
| 9 | Morning visit Paraiso Quetzales for Resplendant Quetzal. Afternoon birding highlands above the lodge. | BLD | Savegre Mountain Lodge |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Morning birding hotel grounds and viewing hummingbirds at feeders. Afternoon transfer to Sarapiqui area. Birding there after arrival. | BLD | La Quinta Inn |
| 12 | All day La Selva Biological Reserve. | BLD | La Quinta Inn |
| 13 | Morning transfer to Los Chiles near Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge. Afternoon boat trip on the lagoon. | BLD | Hotel Heliconia in Los Chiles |
| 14 | Morning transfer to Bijagua. Rest of day birding lodge property there. | BLD | Celeste Mountain Lodge |
| 15 | Morning birding trails on nearby Heliconias Lodge property. Afternoon birding Tapir Valley Nature Reserve. | BLD | Celeste Mountain Lodge |
| 16 | Morning transfer to Arenal with roadside birding enroute along the Rio Celeste. Afternoon transfer to Arenal area, Birding lodge grounds after arrival. | BLD | Arenal Observatory Lodge |
| 17 | All day Arenal National Park and nearby lodge grounds. | BLD | Arenal Observatory Lodge |
| 18 | Early morning private reserve near Fortuna followed by transfer to Monteverde. Afternoon Selvatura Reserve for Three-wattled Bellbirds. | BLD | Cala Lodge. |
| 19 | Morning Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Afternoon transfer to La Ensenada. Birding there after arrival. | BLD | La Ensenada |
| 20 | Morning birding La Ensenada Reserve. Afternoon transfer to Alajuela. | BLD | Hotel Aeropuerto |
| 21 | End of tour. Flights home. | B | None |