14 Days
 
Tailored for the true twitcher, this Costa Rica holiday package takes you to the major birding hotspots of this tropical paradise: Heredia, Arenal Volcano, Monteverde, San Gerardo de Dota, and the Osa Peninsula.
 
Upon arrival at the airport in San Jose, we’ll meet you off the plane and guide you through customs and immigration. We’ll then take you to a gorgeous coffee plantation overlooking the Central Valley called Finca Rosa Blanca.
 
Your two nights here will introduce you to the birdwatching splendour that is Costa Rica and enjoy some amazing coffee from the plantation. The property has recorded over 130 species of birds here, including hawks, blue grosbeaks, and buff-throated saltators.
 
After Finca Rosa Blanca we’ll drive you up into the Volcano National Park where you'll find the unique and special Arenal Observatory Lodge. They have some amazing walking trails on the property and you can spot over 500 species of birds in this one area! Also enjoy the rainforest hanging bridges and the volcanic thermal hot springs!
 
Then off to the cloud forests of Monteverde, where you’ll stay at the Hotel Senda for three nights. Here, you’ll explore both the Santa Elena and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserves, home of a myriad of bird species.
 
Once you’ve experienced Monteverde, it’s time to head south into the most mountainous part of Costa Rica.
 
You’ll stay at the Savegre Lodge in San Gerardo de Dota for three nights, an area famous for the resplendent quetzal. Most people end up seeing one or two of these magnificent birds.
 
Other species here are the yellow-thighed finch, collared redstart, yellow-winged vireo, sooty-capped bush-tanager, silver-throated tanager, flame-coloured tanager, and slaty flowerpiercer.
 
From the Savegre Lodge, you’ll head further south to stay at Copa De Arbol for four nights in the Osa Peninsula. 
 
This area of Costa Rica holds three percent of the world’s biodiversity. At Copa de Arbol you'll stay in a luxury bungalow on stilts, just steps from the ocean. 
 
While at Copa De Arbol, you’ll enjoy tours to view birds like the red-legged honeycreeper, Black-cheeked ant tanager, yellow-billed cotinga, Rufous-winged woodpecker, and more. You'll also visit the Corcovado National Park, and go snorkeling out at Cano Island.
 
Finally, we’ll fly you back to San Jose airport to catch your departure flight back home.