Jul 4, 2024
Very good tour - Our guide, Dio, was very friendly and explained a lot about the animals we could see. We saw vipers, scorpions, toucans, sloths, kinkajus and quetzals. He knew how to locate them easily and we also had a great time with him.
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Jun 9, 2024
Plesant and knowledgeable - Pleasant walk through the jungle forest at night. Saw spiders and frogs and snakes scorpians and some kind of tree raccoon. Overall guide very knowledgeable and was a good experience.
Can't do anything about the other groups talking loudly. We tried to move about quietly so that we could hear animals move in the trees above and then spot them. We moved away from the loud people quickly.
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Jun 3, 2024
Beautiful experience! - Our tour guide was extremely informative and friendly! We had a small group which made it easier to navigate. He helped take great photos of the wildlife he spotted and made it a great experience for all of us. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting Monteverde
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May 15, 2024
Well worth it! - We had a great guide and the experience was amazing. We saw birds and insects but the highlight was a sloth and her baby climbing and feeding in the treetop!
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Jul 12, 2024
Worth it but set expectations - Although we weren’t able to change our reservation because our child was sick, we had a good time. We saw cool animals but not as abundant as I would have liked, but it is in the wild, so I would temper expectations. The guide was very helpful and patient in getting pics with the scope. There were many groups that head out together and although they help each other spot the animals it felt a bit crowded. The 1.5 hrs went by in a flash.
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May 30, 2024
Fun wildlife tour! - My husband and I did the night tour at 8pm, along with a few other people, 6 total including our guide. We saw lots of interesting insects, reptiles, and animals including a stick bug, owl moth, leaf cutter ants, a scorpion, green viper snakes, several birds, an armadillo, a tarantula, a glass frog, a horned grasshopper, and a sloth (yes, we got lucky!). Our guide was very knowledgeable in terms of where to look for wildlife and we had a great experience overall! We enjoyed this semi-strenuous walk, but note that this is not an easy/flat night walk.
Two things that we thought could be improved: 1) The guide could have provided more explanation of things and spoken more slowly; 2) The guide could have given more detailed/clear instructions of how participants should behave (e.g., don't swing your flashlight around, don't shout, move out of the way after your turn at the telescope, etc.), since some of the people on our tour were very loud and had little spacial awareness.
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Aug 28, 2024
Overall, we thought it was too long compared to what we saw during the tour. - Our tour was cancelled due to bad weather (there was a thunder storm), so it was rescheduled to the next day for free. I appreciate the focus on safety first.
The tour was about 2 hours. We mostly saw reptiles and insects, but were lucky enough to see a toucan and other birds as well.
The guide was quite knowledgeable and kept in contact with the other guides to know where to find the animals. He was also nice enough to focus his flashlight on the animals until everyone had seen it and taken pictures (you will receive a dim flashlight yourself)
Due to low light your pictures won't be that good with a normal smartphone.
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Jul 8, 2024
Great tour, but a note to the organisers: don't wait for latecomers! - The tour was pretty good, I would give it 4 stars for the variety of wildlife seen and the knowledge of the guide. We saw a toucan, snake, scorpions, a kinkajou, small frogs and a variety of birds. The reason I'm only giving 3 stars is because we waited 10 minutes for a couple who were late, but the tour ended exactly on time, so we didn't get the full 2 hours. It was frustrating watching other groups start their tours at 6pm on the dot, but we had to wait around until 6:10pm, therefore getting 10 minutes less time than any other group. The tour instructions clearly say to arrive 5 minutes before, so if people are late then the tour should just leave without them, otherwise it's not fair on those who have arrived on time.
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Apr 26, 2024
Temper your expectations - The guide was friendly. And he was able to spot a sleeping toucan and a viper. But don’t go in thinking you’ll see all the exotic animals you see on billboards. The night tour is a quintessential experience if you’re in Costa Rica.. I get it. But it was a lackluster experience. The flashlights provided were weak — we had to depend on the guide’s flashlight to see the trail in front of us. Overall it was neat but not remarkable my any means.
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Aug 20, 2024
Crowded tourist trap - Our most disappointing tour while in CR. Nothing wrong with the guide but the meeting point was already full with at least 50 people who were grouped into several smaller groups. But you bumped into them throughout on the trail. This is not the way to enjoy the forest at night. Wildlife our evening was also very disappointing, only a couple of snakes, sleeping birds and insects. You are better off doing a trail around your hotel.
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