Monteverde Night Walk with Expert Naturalist Guide
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Led by a certified naturalist guide, this small-group night walk uses UV light to reveal a hidden world — red-eyed stream frogs, tarantulas, sloths, vipers, and stunning insects invisible to the naked eye.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professional naturalist guide (bilingual EN/ES)
- handheld flashlight
- Small group (6) experience (personalized attention)
What's not
- Entrance fee to the wildlife refuge
Itinerary
Join this expert naturalist guide for an immersive 2-hour night walk through a private wildlife refuge in the Monteverde cloud forest. Using UV and handheld flashlights, we search for the incredible nocturnal life that hides in plain sight after dark — red-eyed stream frogs, sloths (actually most active at night!), tarantulas, vipers, and some of the most spectacular insects you'll ever see up close. Refuge entrance fee is not included and paid separately at the entrance. Small groups only, for an intimate and unhurried wildlife experience.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- A place that is easy to identify thanks to its location—visible from the main road—and a large "Wildlife Refuge" sign.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 6 travellers
- Operated by
- Victor's Wild Expeditions
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Monteverde
- Its from-price is 47% below the median of the 224 experiences we list in Monteverde.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- 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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