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Curicancha Birdwatching Tour
4.6
69 Ratings
Monteverde
Embark on an incredible bird-watching and wildlife spotting adventure at the Curicancha Preserve. Join a local naturalist guide, explore the stunning hills, and observe an array of beautiful Neotropical birds and mammals. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with nature!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Lowther Road - Enjoy the Cloud Forest incredbily flora & fauna of the region of Monteverde in this tour you will be able to identify more than 45 to 55 species with a big number of endemic & native birds and also spot some mammals like white-face Monkeys, spider Monkeys, Agutis, Armadilos, Two toed Sloth.
This beautiful reserve is located in the heart of the mountains, the special home of the most beautiful bird of the New World,the Resplendent Quetzal which frequents in this wonderful area of
life according to the migratory station.
Curicancha is a spacial to watch over 15 spicies of Hummingbirds, In this reserve there is a really cool Strungeler fig tree that you can get insede of the tree to observe the entire gigantic structure where it wass the host tree it’s already hollow It is a phenomenal and cool tree.
Another advantage of visiting this reserve is the possibility of exploring two very different life zones in a relatively short walk on trails with excellent conditions to observe the local wildlife of the tropical forest of the Tilaran mountain range.
As an additional tip, it is important to always carry an identification document.
What's Included
- Professional BirdWatcher naturalist tour guide
- 2.5 hours tour
- optic gear
What's Not Included
- Curicancha Entrance Fee $20 card or cash
- Transportations $10pp extra
Additional Information
Walk with a local naturalist tour guide on the amazing Curicancha preserve where you can identify from 30 to 40 birds, some mammals like Spider Monkeys, White face monkeys, Armadillos, Caotis, Agutis plus really nice wild orchis some are native to the area of this hills. The walk is for 2 to 2.5 hours.
This activity gives us the opportunity to observe very beautiful Neotropical birds like:
Resplendent Quetzal.
Black Guan
Highland Tinamou
Barred Forest Falcon
Mottled Owl
Lesser violetear
Magenta-throated mountain-gen
Violet Sabrewing
Brown-hooded Parrot
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Redstart
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Elegant Euphonia
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Red-legged honeycreeper
We use HD spoting scopes to observe the nature
With a previous request and extra charge we can offer a great possibility of having an electric cart to carry out the visit if walking is not an option at the moment.
Location
Curi-Cancha Reserve
We meet up in the Curi Cancha Preserve front office if you have a car.
Curi-Cancha Reserve, 300 m noroeste Fabrica de Quesos Monteverde, 60109
10.306859093073506, -84.80760167208206
854R+HX Monteverde, Puntarenas Province
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(69 Ratings)
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Vyacheslav_f
Aug 30, 2024
Great experience - Excellent tour, the guide was very knowledgable and engaging. We spotted amazing wildlife including hummingbirds, coatis, and capuchin monkeys. The guide also told us about the history of Monteverde and other interesting facts. Thank you for a wonderful experience!
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Katharine_k
Aug 27, 2024
Fantastic birdwatching tour! - This was definitely a highlight of our trip! Johnny was so nice, funny, and knowledgeable about the birds and plants. We saw everything we wanted to and more! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for some amazing birdwatching and a fun, informative tour!!
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Sara_p
Aug 10, 2024
Amazing bird watching! Fantastic guide!! - Fantastic bird watching for the whole family. Our guide, Johnny loves nature, was excellent and enthusiastic about finding birds and other animals, educating us on the many unique aspects of each and their habitat. He was also very fun to hang out with for 3 hours. Highly recommend!!
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Reuben_v
Jun 17, 2024
Highly recommended - Very knowledgeable and personable guide with extensive knowledge of local wildlife and many great local stories. Would highly recommend!
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P4167ifjustint
May 4, 2024
Amazing at what he does - Jonny was so nice! A very sincere and kind person. He was very impressive. We couldn't believe how fast he was able to find birds, and direct his telescope directly to them for us to see. Improved the reserve experience by so much.
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Dara_w
Apr 26, 2024
We can tell Johnny loves nature! - Johnny was such a fun guide - my partner and I really enjoyed the tour and learned a lot about the flora & fauna of Curicancha. Johnny also provided great recommendations for the wider area and went above and beyond to make sure we had the best time possible in Monteverde. We’ll definitely book another tour next time we visit!
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Laura_n
Feb 24, 2024
Fun birdwatching! - Rafael had his spotting scope and showed us birds we had never seen before. He was personable and customized our tour to what we did and did not want to see.
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Tracy
Mar 8, 2024
Recommend! - Very good tour! Rafael, not Johnny, guided us. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and eager for us to have an excellent experience! His English is better than he thinks, btw. There were a few issues before the tour (price changed, Johnny was injured at the last minute,, etc), but Johnny was quick to resolve them all and so very friendly! We saw 19 bird species (no quetzal, but that’s birding…wildlife is not predictable; and it’s a great reason to come back!).
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V909bzdenisea
Mar 2, 2024
Disappointing company but Curi-Cancha reserve is great - Nobody turned up to pick us up as arranged. After several phone calls to the company, a taxi picked us up and dropped us at the reserve entrance. We had to pay the entrance fee again as Johnny was not there to confirm we had already paid. No guide was waiting for us. The staff at the reserve said that ‘Johnny Loves Nature’ are known to them as he is unreliable and often late. Another guide eventually turned up (now nearly 2-hours late) and we did get a guided walk around Curi-Cancha. This was very disappointing as we had read good reviews snout Johnny.The guide was really nice but not very knowledgeable. Thanks to another guide we met in the reserve, we were lucky enough to see a female Quetzal. Next time, we will book direct with the reserve and avoid using a company like this. Our entrance fee has never been refunded 😕
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736nandinig
Mar 24, 2024
Waste of money and very disappointing tour!! - Johnny was late did not even apologise for his delay.We had to pay extra admission fee which was not included.His attitude was very casual and was hardly trying to find birds just talking about other things .The guides at the reserve are really good and I saw them taking good pictures with our cameras and really looking for birds and show many more birds than we saw which was only 2 .Extremely disappointed and despite asking Trip advisor for partial refund didn’t receive any reply.
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