13 nights, 7 stops — rainforest, cloud forest, wetland and the wild osa.
Sarapiquí → Caño Negro → Arenal → Monteverde → Carara National Park → Tarcoles → Osa Peninsula.
Round trip · returns to Sarapiquí
Arrive in Sarapiquí, met and transferred to your accommodation. Sarapiquí's feeders bring toucans and hummingbirds to within camera range — a flying start to any trip.
A full day of lowland Caribbean birds along the Sarapiquí. Feeders, frogs and rainforest trails for macaws and sloths.
Transfer to Caño Negro. A slow boat safari for jabirus, herons and caiman.
Transfer to Arenal. Walk the hanging bridges, then a night walk for frogs. Rainforest birding and a soak in the hot springs.
Rainforest birding and a soak in the hot springs. Arenal's iconic volcano, wrapped in rainforest, is one of Costa Rica's signature sights.
Transfer to Monteverde. Cloud-forest birding for quetzals and bellbirds. Hummingbird gallery and canopy bridges in the mist.
Hummingbird gallery and canopy bridges in the mist. Monteverde's misty reserves are the archetypal cloud forest — a place of quetzals, bellbirds and dripping green.
Transfer to Carara National Park. Watch scarlet macaws and bird the transition forest. Trails for trogons, motmots and macaws.
Trails for trogons, motmots and macaws. Carara's daily scarlet-macaw flights are among the great wildlife sights of the Pacific coast.
Transfer to Tarcoles. A river boat safari for crocodiles and waterbirds. Mangrove birding and the giant Tárcoles crocodiles.
Transfer to Osa Peninsula. Hike Corcovado for tapirs, macaws and monkeys. Rainforest trails for the Osa's big wildlife.
Rainforest trails for the Osa's big wildlife. A full day in the wild Corcovado forest. Corcovado on the Osa is, by some measures, the most biologically intense place on the planet.
A full day in the wild Corcovado forest.
A final morning in Osa Peninsula — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The dry season — easiest access and reliable feeder activity.
The green season — lush, with excellent birding and fewer visitors.
The only lodge inside Arenal Volcano National Park — unmatched cone views and trails.
An award-winning luxury eco-lodge in the Osa rainforest, a Costa Rica icon.
A riverside rainforest lodge on a private reserve, strong on lowland birding.
A stylish, sustainable cloud-forest hotel with valley views above Monteverde.
A comfortable garden hotel in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, handy for the feeders.
A simple lodge beside the wetland, perfectly placed for the boat safaris.
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