Tour 4: The Western Costa Rica Birding Tour with private bird guide/driver: 13 nights, 12 full days of birding

Great for small groups traveling together, this tour is a perfect compliment to the “Eastern Costa Rica Tour”. It is designed for avid and casual birders concentrating on the specialty birds found in the Pacific cloud forest, the dry NW, mangroves, and the C and SW Pacific foothills and lowland rainforests. A quality bird guide and transport are included throughout the tour.

1 nt: San Jose upon arrival at Hotel Bougainvillea
1 nt: Palo Verde OTS Statiion within Palo Verde NP, Guanacaste dry forest and marshes
2 nts: Monteverde in the Pacific cloud forest at Trapp Family Lodge
3 nts: Villa Lapas in Pacific lowland rainforest
2 nts: Bosque del Rio Tigre near Corcovado in SW Pacific rainforest
2 nts: Wilson Botanical Gardens (Las Cruces OTS Station) in Pacific middle-elevation rainforest
1 nt: Talari Lodge in San Isidro del Sur on Pacific slope
1 nt: San Jose before departure at Hotel Bougainvillea

Price includes:

• All lodging
• All meals except arrival dinner
• All taxes on meals, lodging, and transport
• All transport and driver from airport arrival to airport departure
• Private quality bird guide throughout your tour
• Boat trip on the Tarcol River with “Mangrove Birding Tours” while staying in Carara area
• Entrance fees and birding in Palo Verde NP, Monteverde CF Reserve, Finca Ecologica Reserve, Carara NP, and Wilson Botanical Gardens
• Birding in Paramo of Cerro de la Muerte en-route from Talari Lodge to San Jose