Birdwatching Tour in Monteverde
- 5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Certified and most important a very passionate guide will be leading you through different spots in the area to show you as many birds as possible.
Inclusions
What's included
- Spotting Scope
- Certified Guide
What's not
- Entrance fee to the Park
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 157 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Showing reviews written in English.
5Curi Cancha with Jean Carlo
We had a great tour with Jean Carlo. He was so knowledgable about all the birds and could spot them so easily for us. He was very pleasant and we appreciated his expert insights. He was even nice enough to give us a ride back to our hotel. Thank you!
5Best bird watching ever!
Jean Carlo was absolutely fantastic! Incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and clearly passionate about nature in a way that was absolutely infectious. Our tour was about 5 hours, and it was amazing. We are so grateful that we booked with Jean-Carlo—it was our favourite experience in Costa Rica. The pacing was perfect for our group of three, and we enjoyed the flexibility of the day and the opportunity to appreciate beautiful scenery in addition to many, many birds and animals. Couldn’t recommend more highly!
5Great experience!
Jean Carlo was amazing! He was very knowledgeable and helpful at pointing out birds, as well as telling us about the local ecosystems! We got 56 species, with a lot of new ones for me!
3Great Guide, but avoid Viator.
Jean Carlos is excellent. He helped us see many of the most desirable species, including the Three Wattle Bell and the beautiful Toucans and Toucanets. However Viator is a terrible business, and I will NEVER book with them again. I was led to believe that our guided tour included the park admission, so that expense was very unwelcome when detailed in the fine print. Also Very bad impression when we had to rent binoculars at $10 per day. At the Curicancha desk i inquired what admission plus a standard tour costs. It would be $55 pp for a 3 hour tour, also with an excellent guide. So im walking around the park knowing that our day for 4 people plus tip is about $465, and we could have had nearly the same tour booked directly wirh Curicancha for about half. No surprise this is the worst day of our 2 week trip. Viator communicated very poorly; i wiil avoid using them at all costs. And you ruined one of my vacation days wirh my family.
570+ Bird Species w/ Jean Carlo
We had six birder friends from Houston & Dallas visit Costa Rica in April. We hired three guides for various cities/habitat/regions in CR. Jean-Carlo was the best overall and well worth the cost, time, and effort. We saw over 70 species of birds in three locations in 5-6 hours, including drive time. Jean-Carlo interviewed us and asked all the right questions, even considering age, fitness, and photography equipment. He is experienced and quick for sight, sound, movement, and even offered to double check our eBird and photos in follow up. We saw monkeys and other mammals too. If we could give him more than 5 stars, we would. Some bird species that we photographed - Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Trogons, Hook-billed Kite, Three-wattled Bellbird, Keel-billed Toucan, Masked Tityra, Long-tailed Manakin, and so many more beauties. Thank you and Pura Vida!
5Excellent Tour with Victorino
We had a great tour in Curi Cancha Reserve with Victorino. He's such a gem! Instructions were easy to follow and we saw many different birds ... we even found an abandoned Currasow egg, which we turned into the Reserve (they are going to build a display for it! It was very special!). Don Victorino provided great information not only about the birds we saw, but the are in general. You can tell he's passionate about the community and loves sharing his passion for nature with guests. Highly recommend this experience!
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Jean Carlo Tours
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Monteverde
- Its from-price is 12% above the median of the 224 experiences we list in Monteverde.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 14 of 224.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Monteverde
Monteverde is a mountain community in Costa Rica's cloud forest, known for misty reserves, hanging bridges, birdlife and coffee farms.
Monteverde is a scattering of farms and small villages on the Tilarán Mountains, around 1,400 metres up, where moist winds from the Caribbean wrap the ridge in cloud. Quaker families from the United States settled here in the 1950s and began dairy farming, and they helped protect the forest above. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve and the neighbouring Santa Elena Reserve preserve mossy trees, ferns, orchids and hanging vines.
Top-ranked sights in Monteverde: Curi-Cancha Reserve, Selvatura Park, Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve (Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena).
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