Monteverde Cloud Forest – Birding Guide

Palo Verde – Premier Dry Forest Birding Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica. View gallery Palo Verde protects one of the last remaining dry forests in Central America. It’s a crucial habitat for waterfowl and raptors. See also our San Gerardo de Dota – Birding Guide guide. See also our Carara National Park Costa Rica:…

Osa Peninsula – Costa Rica’s Biodiversity Hotspot Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. View gallery The Osa Peninsula is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. Corcovado National Park protects the last remaining Pacific lowland rainforest in Central America. See also our White-throated Magpie-Jay – Costa Rica Birding Guide guide. See also our Manuel Antonio National…

Tortuguero – The Costa Rican Amazon Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. View gallery Tortuguero National Park is accessible only by boat, protecting pristine lowland rainforest and important sea turtle nesting beaches. See also our San Gerardo de Dota – Birding Guide guide. See also our Carara National Park Costa Rica: Complete Wildlife Photography Guide guide….

Carara National Park sits at the crossroads of Costa Rica dry Pacific north and the humid southern Pacific forest. That geographic quirk is exactly why it one of the most productive wildlife photography destinations in the country. I have been visiting Carara for over fifteen years, and it remains one of the few places where…

San Gerardo de Dota – Quetzal Paradise San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. View gallery San Gerardo de Dota is a small community in the Talamanca mountains, famous for Resplendent Quetzal sightings at lower elevations than Monteverde. See also our Rufous-tailed Hummingbird – Costa Rica Birding Guide guide. See also our White-throated Magpie-Jay – Costa…

The Rio Tarcoles drains a large watershed on Costa Rica’s Pacific slope and empties into the Gulf of Nicoya near the boundary of Carara National Park. For wildlife photographers, it’s one of the most reliable and accessible field locations in the country. I’ve photographed along this river more times than I can count, and it…