Monteverde Birdwatching and wildlife tour
Description
This combination gives us the beautiful opportunity to explore the highlands of Tilaran, where we can find Tropical Cloud Forest home of many endemic species specializing in the habitat and active by day or night. The tour consists of two Natural Walk tours in the Forest, one by day and the other at night with a Naturalist Local tour guide, where you will explore the ecosystem of these highlands by day and night. During the day we use the trails of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, a good option to observe a large part of our birds such as Quetzal, also Colibris toucans, in addition to the many species of plants such as orchideas, bromeliads, and fungi. During the night we find ourselves in the Refugio de Vida Silvestre where we look for Mammals like Olingos, Sloths, Red-eyed riverside frogs, incestes, and much more.
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Itinerary
We meet up the front desk of the Preserve wherre start the Nature walk for about 2.5 hour is the deep of the Cloud Forest of the Tilaran Mountain Range of Costa Rica
The meeting point is the front desk we we walk for two hour in the dark of the Tropical Forest, the best natural experience, the best chance to see Sloths in the natural habitad
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(5)
Overall, the value of the tour package was good. The night tour was more impressive than the day tour. The tour guide we originally hired, Johnny, had unfortunately been injured dirt-biking the previous evening. Communication was lacking- for the daytime tour, we had to ask a different tour operator how to find our guide. A sign with our name or his would have facilitated that. He was supposed to text us the address of the night tour but never did. Fortunately we had gotten information from the replacement guide. It was after trying to reach him through Viator, Facebook and WhatsApp for confirmation that he finally replied via WhatsApp after we had already left and were no longer connected to wifi. The daytime guide seemed very knowledgeable about plants but didn't have a lot to offer otherwise. He did find us a quetzal to mostly see through his scope. It was more like going on a hike with someone who answered our questions than going on a tour with a guide who was focused on sharing the glory of the cloud forest. We suspect Johnny's a more skilled tour guide. The night guide, on the other hand, seemed much more experienced than the morning guy. He started by asking each of us what our goal was for the night and we managed to see almost all of it, I think. Off the top of my head, we saw stick bugs, a few different birds including a keel/rainbow-billed toucan, vipers, a big lizard, a red-eyed tree frog, a sloth, and an armadillo.
Gracias! pura vida!
Johnny was a great host and tour guide! Totally made us feel comfortable and gave us a great education along the way. He helped get some great photos too! I would def recommend using Johnny when in Monteverde. We saw a ton of wildlife and even ate some wild berries.
Thank you, Pura Vida
Johnny is a wonderful guide! Probably the best in monteverde. He was very personable and helpful during the trip, and went out of his way to arrange transportation! He is an amazing person, working towards giving back to his community by building a school for the children of his community. Johnny was very knowledgeable of the wildlife and greenery in the cloud forest, as well as history in monteverde. If you’re looking for the best guide in monteverde, look no further! Pura vida
I loved learning about all of the plant, animal, and insect life around Monteverde. Johnny was a wealth of knowledge and gladly answered all of my questions!
Great to meet Travis and you, Pura Vida
Usually I’m not the guy that’s write reviews but this guy make it I the best way So professional, come one time, take in care of everything and all what you need even if it’s not related and super super funny. I go to 2 tours with him and if I have the option I was do all my trip with him Highly recommend
