2 Night Tour Costa Rica: Birdwatching in the Central Pacific

If you love bird watching and nature is your thing, in Costa Rica you will find many different species to live a great experience.

Meet Costa Rica

If there is a country that allows you to enjoy a large number of ecotourism and nature activities, that is Costa Rica. A small country known for its great biodiversity.

We speak of almost 100,000 different species of animals and plants along its 51,100 km². In addition, it is one of the countries with greater protection of its territory and has many national parks. The Isla del Coco National Park is a World Heritage Site.

Gulf of Nicoya and Carara National Park

Some of its natural beauty spots are found on the coast that bathes the Pacific. The Gulf of Nicoya is a natural paradise of flora and fauna and one of the most tourist areas for nature lovers. It is a deep entree where you can find beautiful beaches.

The Carara National Park protects the basin of the Grande de Tárcoles River and a tropical ecosystem of great value. There are bird species very representative of the country such as scarlet macaws and psittacines.

3 days of authentic adventure

Day 1: Visit Carara National Park

We will move to this transitional space between the tropical dry forest and the southern tropical jungle. It is a unique and very interesting ecosystem. We will stop at the Tárcoles river to take a safari on the river and get close to the American crocodiles. We will observe the beautiful water birds that live there.

You can enjoy wonderful rainforest landscapes and navigate the dense mangrove channels until you reach the lodge near Carara. In this environment they hide: the scarlet macaw, the fire-beaked aracari, the black toucan, the orange-collared garter, the sun bird, the purple hen, the northern jacana, the Amazonian kingfisher, the Muscovite duck and the great tinamú

Day 2: Carara National Park - Hacienda Barú

The Carara National Park is the ideal place for bird watching, since it is a transitional forest in the Central Pacific with a diversity of flora and unique fauna. Here stands out the red macaw, a species in danger of extinction.

Here we will encounter scarlet macaws, orange-cheeked parakeets, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, motmots, jacamars, manakins and several species of trogon (including the black-throated trogon). Also aquatic species such as herons, egrets and martin fishers. In the afternoon, we will move to the Hacienda Baru, where we will spend the night.

Day 3: Trails of Hacienda Barú

In the refuge of Barú it shelters 330 hectares with a rich wild life and offers a spectacular observation of birds and wild life. Its different paths and paths will take you to tropical forests, mangroves, pastures and beaches with hundreds of types of birds and animals, such as monkeys, sloths and peccaries.

Among the birds: toucans, herons, egrets, hawks, woodpeckers ... and many more.

"Spend a few days among nature in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica and marvel at the beauty of its birds".