Tamarindo Night Walk: Discover Unique Wildlife

Join our Secret Night Walk in Tamarindo to explore Costa Rica’s unique nocturnal wildlife. Book now for an unforgettable jungle adventure.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Subestación Pinilla - Coopeguanacaste - Discover the extraordinary wildlife that shows up at night in the jungle!
    Based in Tamarindo, we will have the pleasure of greeting you at our office. From there you will drive up to the jungle with your multilingual guide. We will provide quality headlights and private transport if necessary (extra cost)….
What's Included
  • Headlamps
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation with additional fees starting at $30 from Tamarindo for 1 to 4 people
Additional Information

Our multilingual guides specialized in night tours will take you looking for the exceptional biodiversity in the Tamarindo area, northwest Costa Rica. Night walk is the perfect option to see unique wildlife!
Are you excited to discover the extraordinary night life that takes place in the jungle while the village is fast asleep? Curious to see the strange…

Location
Viveros Ticozacate
Villarreal
If you have a car the meeting point is in front of the "Vivero Ticozacate".
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Adab651
May 17, 2025
Must do it again!!!! - Great experience!! I got clear directions to the meeting point, where the guide Leo, was waiting, then we were joined by 4 other people. Leo was awesome!! he guided us through path in the forrest and we got to see several different species of frogs, spiders, snakes, a few sleeping birds, lizards and iguanas, moths, centipedes, millipedes, beetles, etc.
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Zachary_y
Mar 20, 2025
This was a fun night... - This was a fun night walk. Leo met us at the trail entrance and we had just under 3 hours to explore around. Saw snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, etc. Not much in the way of mammals this time of year. Bring long pants and shoes. We showed up in shorts and chacos and have the bug bites to prove it. One note on the meeting place - it is indeed in front of a garden shop on a dark highway adjacent to some commercial/industrial store fronts. Don't worry, the pindrop location Leo gives you is correct. We showed up early, didn't see anyone there 10 minutes before, and through reading reviews (one in particular), we were mislead into thinking that the meet up spot was in Loco Tours (I think). So we left to find the tour spot, only to have Leo call us asking where we were. Ignore the previous bad review, meet at the pindrop spot and have fun!
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Slcurnow
Mar 17, 2025
Nighttime tour of the dry forest was an incredible experience! - Léo’s nighttime tour of the dry forest was an incredible experience! He was so kind, accommodating, and an absolute joy to spend time with. His ability to spot insects and animals was truly impressive—he somehow found a stick insect that was completely indistinguishable from an actual stick! He was incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about the wildlife, and his excitement was contagious. The tarantulas were especially cool, and we learned so much while having a lot of fun. We really loved this experience, and Léo made it extra special. Highly recommend this tour and Léo in particular—he was awesome!
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Tammy_k
Feb 22, 2025
Excellent Guide! - The guide was extremely knowledgeable and really took his time trying to find all the creatures for you to see.
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Nicholas_g
Feb 4, 2025
Perfect and awesome - Amazing experience! I had high expectations for wildlife, but they were exceeded! Leon was a fantastic guide- respectful, friendly, and very knowledgeable. We saw multiple species of frog, two species of snake, a bunch of great insects and arthropods, just about everything I was looking for.
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Rahul_t
Dec 24, 2024
Pura Vida (night walk edition)! - Leo is a fantastic guide and a really nice guy! He has spent a lot of time in Costa Rica both in Guanacaste and the OSA Peninsula. We saw lots of spiders, frogs, insects, birds and mammals. What you see will depend on the time of year, rainfall and luck! Enjoy!
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Marcia_k
Aug 5, 2024
The things you see when you slow down! - Our guide was very knowledgeable and patient with our more skittish friends. Our younger grandson was fascinated with the tarantulas, scorpions and sleeping butterflies! Conditions were muddy… as expected this time of year! Wear rubber boots if you brought them! We even saw a kinkajou (pretty rare I guess)!
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200marie_ved
May 11, 2025
Must do! - Our guide Leopold had the eye to notice what would normally go unnoticed in the darkness. Especially since most of the animals and insects we met had good camouflage. We were lucky enough to see moths commonly known as black witches, a scorpion, baby-sized buffalo toads, stick phasms, little lizards sleeping under the leaves, snakes, tarantulas and many more. By turning off our lamps, we were able to enjoy the sparkling night of fireflies. Leopold had the answer to most of our questions and we learned a lot about Costa Rica’s dry forest fauna. Having spent our week of vacation in the Guanacaste area, we made a stop in Tamarindo on purpose for this experience and we were not disappointed.
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Jason_b
Mar 29, 2025
Good night hike and guide was really nice - Our guide Leo was great. He did a good job of looking for animals to see. Unfortunately we mostly just saw was the same kinda spiders again and again. We did see a small snake which was really cool but compared to some of the other night hikes we have done, this had the least amount of wildlife. That being said I would still recommend it.
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Jeff_a
Mar 15, 2025
Extemely Disappointng. - We did not get to go on this tour because the instructions the tour guide gave us to the meeting place were to a location that doesn’t have their name. They used a pin location of a plant store next to them. Also, they don’t have a phone number listed on their website. We should have received a refund but were denied. Very unprofessional. The children were extremely disappointed. I would not recommend using this tour company.
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From $60
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).