Costa Rica - Butterflies & Moth

Costa Rica has almost 1.500species of butterflies flying around, so you can imagine, that there is a very good chance to see many of them.:-) There are several beautiful species which can be observed easily in the forests, like one of the most beautiful ones: the Morpho butterflies, the Owl butterflies, the Malachite, the Glass wing butterflies just to mention a few.

You will be amazed when you see a Blue Morpho butterfly for the first time, it will give you the sensation to be in a dream or in a fairy tale. At gardens and forest trails you will also have a good chance to see a lot of other species of butterflies depending on the period of time when you come, but there are always good number of flowery trees and fruits around.

At feeders we put out bananas, papayas which always attract butterflies as well, not only birds. Muddy patches on trails and a composte pile in the garden can be a good place to see some further species.

During the evenings when conditions are suitable we can check out the incredible variety of moth species attracted by the lights.

Below we write down some of the details of a 12-day-long Butterfly & Moth itinerary with Birds mentioned as well. This tour concentrates on mainly the Central and South Pacific Region and the Talamanca Mountain, but please note that we can offer different length of tour with visiting other parts of Costa Rica as well. Please send us an email to ecotoursgabororban at gmail.com and we tailor-make a tour for you.

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Fact File

- 12 days in Costa Rica visiting world-famous National Parks, reserves
- start and finish in San Jose
- using most of the accommodations for 2-3nights (except upon arrival and departure, depending on your flight schedule), most of them offer great on site wildlife watching possibilities

Highlights

- visits to Pacific Coast sanctuaries, National Parks and reserves
– Wilson Botanical Garden
- Savegre Reserve, high mountain cloud forests, Paramo
- optional mangrove boat trip at Tarcoles, Carara NP
- optional Whale-watching boat trip at Bahia Ballena NP
- beside butterflies & moth wide variety of birds, mammals, reptiles, frogs & wildflowers

Accommodation

2 nights at Carara NP, Villas Lapas, Northern Central Pacific

3 nights at a Lodge at Southern Central Pacific

3 nights at Wilson’s Botanical Garden, South Pacific, close to Panama

3 nights at San Gerardo de Dota at Savegre Mountain,

flight home (mightbe overnight if you return to Europe)

Departure Dates

generally each year from Nov till April

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Price

Ask for the actual price.
Our price includes:

all travel as noted in the itinerary;
all accommodation based on shared rooms (most rooms are twin bedded), at most locations there are single rooms as well for extra charge (Please ask for a single room at the time of booking!);
3 meals per day, generally breakfast at the accommodation, packed lunch, dinner (consists of at least two courses);
services of the leader(s);
trip materials.

Not included:

flights to and from San Jose;
optional programmes to places of interest and entrance fees involved;
airport and other departure taxes, tips;
food beyond generally 3 meals/day mentioned in the itineraries;
excess baggage charges;
telephone calls;
alcoholic beverages;
compulsory personal insurance.

If you have questions about the inclusion of any cost item, please contact us.

Activity level

Generally easy to moderate walks
Lots of onsite wildlife observing possibilities
Weather generally favourable

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival to San Jose and transfer to our hotel at the edge of the Carara National Park.

Night at Carara NP, Villas Lapas, Northern Central Pacific

Day 2 We spend the full day in the region of Carara National Park.

Day 3 Central Pacific Region

Days 4-5 Searching butterflies at Southern Central Pacific

Days 6-8 Wilson’s Botanical Garden, South Pacific, close to Panama

Days 9-11 Savegre Area, Cordillera Talamanca

Day 12 return to San Jose airport