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Costa Rica offers world-class whale watching and dolphin encounters on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. This guide covers the best seasons, locations, photography tips, and ethical guidelines for 2026.

Monteverde is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. This mist-shrouded cloud forest harbors wildlife found nowhere else. See also our 3-Day Monteverde Birding Quick Guide guide. See also our Monteverde Cloud Forest – Birding Guide guide. See also our Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata) in Costa Rica: The Complete Photography Guide guide for more…

Manuel Antonio National Park is Costa Rica’s most famous park, where pristine beaches meet lush rainforest. This guide covers everything you need to know for your visit. See also our Manuel Antonio National Park: Where Jungle Meets Paradise guide. See also our Manuel Antonio National Park – Birding Guide guide. See also our Mottled Owl…

Mottled Owl in Costa Rica: The Complete Photography Guide Most people hear a Mottled Owl before they see one. The call comes after dark, a descending double or triple note that echoes through the forest with a hollow, almost human quality. The bird itself is secretive, favoring dense secondary forest and forest edge where it…

The Central American paca is one of Costa Rica’s most elusive nocturnal mammals. This photography guide covers where to find them, how to photograph them ethically, and the best locations from the Osa Peninsula to Tortuguero.

Among Costa Rica’s most overlooked wetland birds, the Striated Heron (Butorides striata) rewards patient observers with surprisingly close encounters. This small, cryptically patterned heron is common across the country’s Pacific and Caribbean coasts, yet most visitors miss it entirely — focused on larger birds like the Boat-billed Heron or the Roseate Spoonbill. I have photographed…