Feb 11, 2025
Best Tour Ever Bird-Watching in Monteverde - Our private tour was an absolutely incredible experience! Not only were we able to photograph the splendid Resplendent Quetzal, we also saw many other gorgeous tropical birds, wildlife and breathtakingly beautiful forests and vistas. Jonatan Lopez was an outstanding guide. His keen eye, depth of knowledge, clarity of communication, and patience provided a day exceptional far beyond our expectations. Throughout the tour, he skillfully spotted and identified a variety of elusive species allowing us to photograph birds that would have been nearly impossible to find on our own. He made our tour exciting and educational. We toured the Curi-Cancha Reserve, the Hummingbird Garden at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and a family owned private reserve, Finca Ecolgica, San Luis, where we also enjoyed a delicious lunch. I can’t recommend Jonatan Lopez’s Private Tour highly enough!
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Dec 22, 2024
Busy Day! - This is a full day adventure with a few hours pause in the afternoon between sites. If you are a 'birdy' this is the tour for you. ALOT of different birds to see among other things.
This is a private tour for your group of 2 -10 people. Jonatan is your PRIVATE guide. He is extremely knowledgeable about wildlife, fauna and the ecosystem. A wealth of information as you take the tour.
The description of the package is accurate; Jonatan is FLEXIBLE. Tell him if there is anything that interests you more than another. He will accommodate if possible.
You will visit 3 different sites. Entry fees are NOT included in the tour price. About 15$, 20$ and 7$ USD per adult respectively. My personal favourite was the night walk, amazing.
Big thank you to Jonatan.
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Oct 5, 2024
Clear Recommendation - We had a private nightwalk and a morning tour of Curi Cancha. We have seen many animals (including green vipers, tarantulas, some smaller insects, white-shouldered capuchin monkeys, various birds and much more). Jonathan told us all sorts of interesting facts about the sighted animals, but he also gave us a lot of information about the plant life to be found here. He took a lot of time and you could feel him doing the tours with enthusiasm. Initially he asked us what we expected from the leadership and what we wanted to see. He went to great lengths to find the animals we mentioned. I can recommend the tour offer of Jonatan to anyone, especially if you do not want to go through the forest with a large group.
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Aug 12, 2024
Excellent night walk - We went on a night hike together with family and friends. We saw the most animals on our tour of Costa Rica during this night hike and took the most beautiful shots. Jonathan was a great guide who we would definitely recommend.
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Jul 10, 2024
Wonderful Full Day Adventure! - My two daughters and I enjoyed a wonderful day with Jonathon. We started at Curicancha where we saw three Quetzal-a male, female, and baby along with many humming birds, coati, a porcupine, and many other birds. Jonathon was very knowledgeable about the history, plants and trees. We all learned so much.
We then went to spend some time in the amazing cloud forest where we saw many other animals and birds and enjoyed a snack.
After several hours relaxing back at our hotel -we met Jonathan for a night walk. We saw a Toucan, a motmot, an eyelash viper along with a tarantula and other insects.
We had a fabulous time! Highly recommend!
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Jul 7, 2024
Best nightwalk - We had such a great night walk with Jonathan! He showed us so many interesting animals and told us a lot about them and the cloudforest. We were just two people and didn’t meet any people during our walk which was a super special experience.
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Apr 19, 2024
Top class Monteverde - Tour - “Johnatan is a great guide. He advised us very well when choosing the package. We opted for a full-day tour in Monteverde, including a visit to the cloud forest and a night tour. The price was also very reasonable for a private tour. Johnatan was proactive in securing tickets for the cloud forest early in the morning, which saved us from waiting in long lines or missing out on entry. He has excellent connections with other guides as well. He shares tips with them and readily receives information about wildlife sightings, ensuring that he leads us to interesting spots safely. One remarkable ability of Johnatan fascinated us: he can mimic bird calls exceptionally well. This skill allowed him to attract or engage birds uniquely, enabling us to observe them peacefully and capture great photos. As someone who enjoys photography, he empathizes with photographers and provides valuable tips. Overall, Johnatan quickly understands his customers’ preferences, and we felt very well taken care by him. We highly recommend him anytime!”
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Apr 15, 2024
Great tour with Jonathan - It was a great experience and thanks to our great guide Jonathan we had the pleasure of learning a lot during the tour and he took a lot of time to answer all of our questions and showed us a lot of the park! It's really worth it and I recommend it! Thank you very much!
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Apr 15, 2024
Best Guide - The best guide for the whole holiday 😊
Saw toucans and even the quetzal as well as many other animals. He was very enthusiastic and was able to impart a lot of knowledge. I was able to take very good pictures.
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Mar 16, 2024
We were lucky to see the Quetzal - We did the tour of two visits: CuriCancha and Monteverde. We were lucky enough to see many animals and the wonderful Quetzal on several occasions thanks to Jonatan, who looked after us all day and explained everything we saw. Super recommended!
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