Monteverde Wildlife: Day & Night Nature Tour

Explore Monteverde Cloud Forest with a naturalist guide. Discover unique wildlife, capture stunning photos, and identify 20-60 bird species in one tour.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Curi Cancha Reserve - Experience the Enchantment of Curicancha Reserve: Monteverde’s Top Birdwatching Spot
    Search for the Iconic Resplendent Quetzal
    Itinerary
    Stop 1 – Curicancha Reserve Birdwatching Tour
    Start your journey with a guided birdwatching tour through the breathtaking Curicancha Reserve. This protected area…
What's Included
  • Optic gear
  • Flash lights
  • Local taxes
  • Professional Naturalist tour guided
What's Not Included
  • Curicancha day ticket
  • Curicancha Night ticket
Additional Information

Explore the diverse wildlife of Monteverde Cloud Forest with an unforgettable combo tour at Curicancha Reserve, offering both daytime birdwatching and an exciting guided night walk.
Observe magnificent tropical birds such as the Resplendent Quetzal and Keel-billed Toucan with the guidance of expert Johnny Villegas. As dusk falls, set off on an…

Location
Curi-Cancha Reserve
Curicancha Reserve Front Desk Please arrive 10 minutes before the tour start time and check in at the reception desk. Your guide Johnny Villegas will meet you there to begin the experience.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sari
Aug 1, 2023
Johnny really loves what he does, and it shows - Johnny was an excellent tour guide and we enjoyed a lot taking the tour with him. He was fun, talkative and the best part: very much excited about the nature and wildlife. It’s always the best when the guide actually likes what he does, and we were lucky to experience Monteverde with Johnny. 5/5, pura vida!
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Amy_m
Jul 26, 2023
A great guy who is very passionate about his job! - Johnny was an amazing guide, a really down to earth guy with a great sense of humour! He found various animals such as Quetzals, Toucanets, a Green Viper and a Tarantula. The real highlight for us was the hummingbirds who were totally not bothered by all of the tourists in awe. Johnny answered any questions we had in full detail and shared bits about his life with us. We hope to visit his organic restaurant when we return to Costa Rica!
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Rafael_m
Jul 7, 2023
Great - Great tour - we saw birds, snakes, spiders and many others. Very good guide and we would do it again.
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Wigreatlakes
Jul 1, 2023
Johnny shares his love of nature - for real - Johnny is an experienced, passionate guide with extensive knowledge. He matches the tour with the audience interest and background. Or tour was cut a little short due to lightning but it was the right call. Note: it wasn't clear that a separate fee to enter the Monteverde Reserve is not included. This brings the cost up to similar tours offered directly by the reserve. In all, it was a solid value.
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X1227pkpaulinah
Apr 2, 2023
Great! - The tour was so nice! Jonny is really nice and funny as well. He taught us a lot about the cloud forest and its history.
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Ghillieii
Feb 11, 2023
Great tour with Johnny ! - We had trouble with our bus schedule and arrived late for the tour with Johnny. He waited for us which was amazing ! The walk was very interesting, We learned lots and he was very cheerful and fun.
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V8910egbriang
Jan 22, 2023
Great bird-watching tour with Johnny - Johnny was great - highly recommend his tours. He’s funny, knowledgeable and excited to see the birds as you go along the tour. He’s also reasonably priced and generous with his time (ours was 3h30 in the end). We met him at Casem Co-op at 7am and watched some birds around there, then went up into Curi-Cancha reserve and saw a whole bunch of amazing birds - the Resplendent Quetzal, a Northern Emerald Toucanet, and even an Ornate Hawk Eagle. It was only the two of us, which was really nice. We had no binoculars or telescope of our own but Johnny found birds with his scope and we watched and videod them on our phones through that (which Johnny is also an expert at). Some photos attached. After the tour we got delicious and reasonably priced breakfast from Casem. It was so good.
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Andreapx8246db
Jul 27, 2022
Wonderful experience!! - My favorite part of our tour was Dani making sure we had every opportunity to see various birds up close. We saw many different species of birds and flora and he took the time to even take photos for us through his scope. He was very personable and my friend and I had a great time. One piece of advice for those who claim/say they saw nothing: be quiet! We had birds come up to us within 2 feet because we weren’t loud. Be respectful of their environment. We are in their home.
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Anonymous
Apr 12, 2023
Disappointing - The guide was 20 minutes late, did not contact us, and taught us very little about the cloud forest.
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Kah0111
Jul 24, 2022
Worst tour ever! - Waste of money. This is the worst tour eve. We didn’t see anything. We have spend 2.5hrs looking at plants in a small portion of the park.
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From $70
up to 12 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).