7 nights, 3 stops — from lowland feeders to highland quetzals.
Sarapiquí → Savegre Valley → Monteverde.
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 Savegre Valley. A dawn quetzal search, then the highland feeders. Cloud-forest birding for endemics and hummingbirds.
Cloud-forest birding for endemics and hummingbirds. Quetzals at first light and oak-forest trails. No bird in the Americas is more sought-after than the quetzal — and Savegre is the surest place to find it.
Quetzals at first light and oak-forest trails.
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.
A final morning in Monteverde — 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.
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 rustic highland lodge built around reliable quetzal viewing and feeders.
A comfortable cloud-forest hotel with gardens, well placed for the reserves.
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