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Costa Rica, where you can find more than 840 different bird species in an area no larger than West Virginia. From quetzals to brown pelicans and humming birds, there are more bird species here than in all of North America combined.
With roughly 18% of the territory dedicated to National Parks and reserves, Costa Rica offers a unique opportunity to watch and study its avifauna in a natural, undisturbed setting. Mountains, seashores, mangroves, highland and lowland forests, subalpine páramos, rain forests and more are all easily accessible from anywhere in the country.
The opportunity of discovery awaits you in Costa Rica, where the preservation of our natural resources will guarantee a unique travel experience.
The following is a list of lodges that will provide you with the best bird watching experience:
 Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata Magnificens
 Jabirú Jabiru Mycteria |
- Ecolodge
San Luis, bordering the Monteverde
Cloud Forest Preserve, is an integrated eco tourism, research
and educational project directed on-site by resident tropical
biologists. It offers world-class bird watching with expert guides.
- Mawamba
Lodge in Tortuguero
offers over 300 species of birds such as herons, hummingbirds,
manakins and green macaws, to name a few. Located in a sand bar
between the Tortuguero Lagoon and the Caribbean Sea, you can also
see crocodiles and green sea turtles emerge from the ocean to
lay their eggs.
- Hotel
Heliconia, located in Monteverde, a privileged location
that places it near two of the most beautiful, protected, tropical
forests in Costa Rica; the well known Monteverde
Cloud Forest Preserve (at only four kilometers from the hotel)
and the Santa Elena Rain Forest Reserve (at six kilometers). The
hotel offers a perfect setting for the visitors who love bird
watching, nature photography and the serenity of a mountain retreat.
- Selva
Bananito Lodge. The private reserve which Selva Bananito
Lodge Supports, called Reserva Selva Bananito, is only a 10-minute
walk from the lodge and graces the view from the cabins. To minimize
the impact of tourists on this pristine rain forest environment,
we host only a small number of visitors at any one time.
- Rincón
de la Vieja Mountain Lodge. More than 200 species of birds
have been observed here. Horseback trips are possible to various
points in the park, including close to the summit of the volcano.
- Rara
Avis Rain Forest Lodge & Reserve, Over 340 species
of birds have been found at Rara Avis, including sunbitterns,
umbrella-birds, great green macaws, parrots, and toucans. There
is a good chance to see monkeys, anteaters, or coatimundis if
you walk silently through the forest, or to spot the tracks of
tapirs and jungle cats.
- Trogon
Lodge, Visit the highlands of the Talamanca Mountain range,
the oldest geological formation in Costa Rica. The Rio Macho Forest
Reserve is Costa Rica's largest protected area, composed of 13
different units for a total of over 200,000 acres. This area is
home to an immense variety of flora, and an ecological niche in
which the quetzal (holy bird of the Mayan culture) may be seen
year-round.
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