• Starting from

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  • Recommended Duration

    8 nights and 9 days

  • Best season

    October to May

  • Accommodation Type

    Birding Lodges

  • Transfers

    Road Transfers

  • Starts at/Ends at

    San Jose

Costa Rica Photography Tour - 9 days

Itinerary

Arrive at the Juan Santa Maria International Airport in San Jose. Clear immigration and customs formalities and transfer to the hotel and overnight in San Jose.

Depart from San Jose after breakfast for the rainforest Lodge of the tour. Enroute stop at one of the spots to photograph hummingbirds and continue to our lodge. Arrive in the evening and check-in. You will spend 3 nights here.

Early in the morning, setup at the Lodge’s deck for Toucans, oropendolas, aracaris, etc. After breakfast, our focus would shift to the hide which is frequented by King Vultures. In afternoon back to Toucans and other birds at the deck.

Early in the morning, setup at the Lodge’s deck for Toucans, oropendolas, aracaris, etc. Following breakfast, the guide would setup the multi flashes for Hummingbird Photography. After lunch, in afternoon back to Toucans and other birds at the deck. In the evening, photograph bats in flight. Have dinner and overnight in the lodge.

Depart right after breakfast to Sarapiqui for a full day of frogs and snakes. Guests can expect to see and photograph as many as 8 species of snakes and 6-8 species of Frogs. You will be able to use different kinds of lights and settings for macro photography.

Overnight in Sarapiqui

Today is spent with a local naturalist. Before breakfast we will look for the Tapirs that comes around the garden of our lodge. Then we head out into the field where you will be looking for Owls, White Bats, new species of Hummingbirds and many other birds.

Overnight in Sarapiqui

Once again we will look for the Tapirs around the lodge before breakfast. We will then depart for the highlands, on our arrival we will have lunch and spend the afternoon photographing hummingbirds in flight. Our target species will be the many highland species.

Overnight in Talamanca Cloud Forest

In the morning, we dedicate our time to photographing the Resplendent Quetzal and in the evening the guide would setup the multi flash for capturing some of the hummingbirds that are endemic to the Highlands.

Overnight in Talamanca Cloud Forest

In the morning, we dedicate our time to photographing the Resplendent Quetzal and after breakfast transfer San Jose. On arrival, the tour comes to an end.

Overnight in the Mid Pacific Side

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