Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

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Liberia
Puntarenas
Alajuela
15 days - 14 nights
Departures
2016 - 2018
From: Sao Paolo
or Rio de Janeiro
Best months:
September to April
Itinerary Resume
• 1 Night in Robledal.
• 2 Nights in Paraiso del Quetzal.
• 2 Night Esquinas Lodge.
• 1 Night Cerro Lodge.
• 2 Nights Hotel El Bosque Lodge.
• 2 Nights La Selva.
• 1 Night San Jose.
• 2 Nights El Arenal.
• 2 Nights El Cerro.
Heredia
SAN JOSÉ
Cartago
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Best of Costa Rica
15 days / 14 nights
Puerto
Limón
Day 1: Arrival to the International Airport in San
Jose and transfer to the Hotel El Robledal.
Day 2: Pick up time at 7:00 AM and drive toward
the Talamanca Mountains. Bird on route near Los
Quetzales National Park. Some of the birds we will
see today are Collared Redstar, Large-footed Finch,
Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher and the rare Timberline
Wren. Overnight at Paraiso del Quetzal Lodge.
Day 3: We will spent the day visiting the top of
the mountains in the Paramo forest in the quest of
Volcano Junco, Black-cheeked Warbler, Scintillant
Hummingbird and during the afternoon we will
visit the hummingbird feeders Fiery-throated
Hummingbird. Overnight at Paraiso del Quetzal
Lodge.
Day 4: Transfer to Esquinas Rainforest Lodge. We
will bird part of the morning before departs to the
southern pacific rain forest region and some of the
species we can see are Ruddy Treerunner, Slatethroated
Redstar. Overnight at Esquinas Lodge.
Day 5: Our lodge in an excellent location to find
birds with a restricted range in distribution such as
Brown-throated Parakeet, Red-breasted Blackbird,
Scrub Greenlet, Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
(endemic). Overnight at Esquinas Lodge.
Day 6: After our final mornnig at the lodge”s trail
we will drive towards Carara National Park area.
Carara National Park is home to the beautiful Scarlet
Macaw, Black-hooded Antshrike, Great Tinamou,
Baird”s Trogon, Royal Flycatcher. Overnight at Cerro
Lodge.
Day 7: Full day to visit Carara National Park. We
Snowcap
will be visiting a great diversity of habitats such as
gallery forest, primary forest, dry forest, rivers and
mangrove forest as well and some of the birds will
be Rufous Piha, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Orange-collared
Manakin, and Red-capped Manakin. Overnight at
Cerro Lodge.
Day 8: Transfer to another fantastic location,
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. During our
stay in Monteverde area we will go the bird the
best trails of the reserve in search for Ochraceous
Wren, Azure-hooded Jay, Collared Trogon, Graybreasted
Wood-Wren, and also we will enjoy the
hummingbird gallery with some species like
Green-crowned Brilliant, Green Hermit, Stripedtailed
Hummingbird and the rare Magente-throated
Woodstar. Overnight at Hotel El Bosque.
Day 9: Our day will start finding birds just in front of
our rooms and then we will go to the Curi-Cancha
Preserve and back to the Monteverde Reserve if
neccesary. Some of the species that can be observe
today are White-eared Ground-Sparrow, Orangebilled,
Goden-crowned Warbler and Spot-crowned
Woodcreeper. Overnight at Hotel El Bosque.
Day 10: After a wonderful cloud forest experience
we will keep moving on at Arenal Volcano National
Park. Overnight at Arenal Observatory Lodge.
Day 11: Our lodge”s property is a fantastic place
to find middle elevations species of birds such as
Emerald Tanager, Bay-headed Tanager, Crimsoncolared
Tanager, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
and Brown Violet-ear. In addition to the superb
birding the views of the Arenal Volcano are
unforgettable. Overnight at Arenal Observatory
Lodge.
Day 12: Today we will go to Sarapiqui rainforest
region. Sarapiqui is home to some endangered
species such as Great Green Macaw and Snowy
Cotinga and others White-collared Manakin, Blackthroated
Trogon, Semiplumbeous Hawk. We will
spent the night at La Selva Station.
Day 13: Today we will focus our time to search for
rare and local species including Red-throated Ant-
Tanager, Olive-backed Quail-Dove, Rufous Motmot,
Pied Puffbird, Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant, Purplethroated
Fruitcrow just to mention some of them.
We will also have a chance to see monkeys, reptiles
and amphinians. Overnight at La Selva Station.
Day 14: We will leave early this morning to visit
Braulio Carrillo National Park before head back to
the city. During our stay here we will try to get our
last new species of the trip. Some of the birds here
are; Spotted Woodcreeper, White Hawk, Blue and
Gold Tanager, Lattice-tailed Trogon, and Black and
Yellow Tanager. Night spent at Hotel Aeropuerto.
Day 15: Transfer to the International Airport,
wonderful trip!
Specialist, bilingual bird guide.
Private transportation.
Accommodation at hotels.
Full meals.
Scintillant Hummingbird
Domestic flights.
Landscaping, Trails, Birds.
Short & Long trail walks.
Photography.
Quetzal
SERVICES INCLUDED:
Target Birds & Wildlife:
Slaty Flowerpiercer, Volcano Junco,
Volcano Hummingbird, Fiery-throated
Hummingbird, Black-billed
Nightingale-Thrush, Sooty-capped
Bush-Tanager, Mountain Robin and
Sooty Robin. On our way down to
the lodge we may encounter Longtailed
Silky-Flycatcher, Black-capped
Flycatcher, Flame-colored Tanager,
Flame-throated Warbler, Resplendent
Quetzal.
Masked Yellowthroat, Yellow-crowned
Tyrannulet, Snowy-bellied
Hummingbird, Costa Rican
Swift, Cherrie´s Tanager, and others.
Black-headed Brush-Finch, Elegant
Euphonia, Eye-ringed Flatbill, Speckled
Tanager, Turquoise Cotinga,
Whistling Wren, Orange-billed
Nightingale-Thrush, Lesser Elaenia,
Brown-billed Scythebill, Olivaceous
Piculet, Red-crowned Woodpecker,
White-tailed Emerald and Lesser
Goldfinch.
Blue-ground Dove, Laughing Falcon,
Uniform Crake, Marbled Wood-Quail,
White-throated Shrike-Tanager,
Spectacled Owl, Crested Oropendola,
Scrub Greenlet, Blackcheeked
Ant-Tanager (endemic),
the range-restricted Yellow-billed
Cotinga, Fiery-billed Aracari and
Spot-crowned Euphonia.
Northern Jacana, Mangrove Swallow,
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
and Common Black-Hawk.
Ground-Sparrow, Chiriqui Quail-
Dove, Azure-hooded Jay, Orange-billed
Nightingale-Thrush
and other more widespread species
including Silvery-fronted Tapaculo,
Brown Jay, Green-crowned Brilliant.
Olive-throated Parakeet, Great
Green Macaw, Plain-colored Tanager,
Yellow-tailed.
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