Guided Nature & Birdwatching Tours in Monteverde
Experiences in the Monteverde cloud forest, led by our certified naturalist guides, headed by founder Oscar Castillo Mejía — certified bilingual naturalist guide, license #1090. Five-hour and full-day private bird watching with the reserve selected at Stella's, three-hour natural history walks, and night walks in the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge.
Nature walks and night walks are sold with the reserve admission already included in the price. Birdwatching tours are guided service only: the reserve is selected at Stella's and admission is coordinated separately. Tours are private-only or offer a shared small group of 6–10 guests per guide. Not sure which to pick? Read the Monteverde planning guide.
Choose a type of experience
Day Tour
Morning and afternoon nature walks in Curi-Cancha or the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, with shared and private options.
Group (6–10 per guide) and private options.
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Night Tour
Guided walks after dusk in the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge: sleeping birds, vipers, frogs and insects by torchlight.
Group (6–10 per guide) and private options.
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Birding Tour
Private five-hour and full-day bird watching, with the best reserve selected at Stella's for the day's conditions.
Group (6–10 per guide) and private options.
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Group tour — 6–10 people max per guide
You share the guide with other travellers, 6–10 guests max per guide. Larger groups are split between two guides for groups of more than 12 — and you'll never join a group of more than 10 people unless you're a family or a group travelling together.
Entrance fee included
Shared Nature Tour Curi-Cancha — Entrance Fee Included
The shared Curi-Cancha departure with the reserve admission already in the price — one payment, 6–10 guests max per guide.
Shared Nature Tour Monteverde Cloud Forest — Entrance Fee Included
The shared Cloud Forest Reserve departure with the timed admission arranged and included in one price.
Shared Night Walk — Entrance Fee Included
The shared Monteverde Wildlife Refuge night walk with the refuge entrance already included in the price.
Private tour
Just your party with the guide, at your own pace and your own start time.
Entrance fee included
Private Nature Tour Curi-Cancha — Entrance Fee Included
The private Curi-Cancha natural history walk booked as a single product, with the reserve admission already included and paid.
Private Nature Tour Monteverde Cloud Forest — Entrance Fee Included
The private Cloud Forest Reserve walk with the reserve admission bundled into one price, including the admission slot arranged for you.
Private Night Walk — Entrance Fee Included
The private Monteverde Wildlife Refuge night walk as a single booking, with the refuge entrance already included and paid.
Birdwatching — guided service only, reserve admission coordinated separately
Private Bird Watching 5 Hours
A private five-hour bird watching experience with the reserve selected at Stella's according to the season and current conditions, looking for the Resplendent Quetzal, Three-wattled Bellbird and Monteverde's highland specialties.
Private Full Day Birding Tour
A private full day of bird watching, with the reserve or reserves selected at Stella's according to the season and current conditions, targeting quetzals, bellbirds, guans and hummingbirds.
Wildlife our guests have seen
Birds and mammals photographed by our guides on these Monteverde tours. Sightings depend on season, weather and luck — nothing is guaranteed.
Resplendent Quetzal with its long tail streamers perched on a mossy branch in Monteverde 
Three-wattled Bellbird singing from an exposed branch above the Monteverde cloud forest 
Emerald Toucanet showing its yellow-and-black bill in a Monteverde fruiting tree 
Black Guan with a bright blue face wattle in Monteverde primary forest 
Violet Sabrewing, the largest hummingbird of the Monteverde highlands, in flight 
Coppery-headed Emerald, a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica, perched on a thin twig 
Green-crowned Brilliant hummingbird feeding at cloud-forest flowers in Monteverde 
Purple-throated Mountaingem hummingbird resting on a moss-covered branch 
Green Hermit hummingbird with a long curved bill inside the shaded understorey 
Lesser Violetear hummingbird with iridescent ear patch in the Monteverde highlands 
Lesser Violetear hummingbird pausing between visits to a flowering shrub 
Long-tailed Manakin, a black, blue and red bird of Monteverde secondary forest 
Slate-throated Redstart foraging in the Monteverde cloud-forest understorey 
Hummingbird visiting flowering shrubs on the edge of the Monteverde cloud forest 
Coati foraging in the leaf litter along a Monteverde forest trail 
White-faced capuchin monkey watching from a branch in the Monteverde canopy