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. Early birding in Curi-Cancha or the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, three-hour natural history walks, a full private day across two reserves, and night walks in the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge.
Reserve admission is always optional: every price calculator lets you choose a total with admission included or the guided service only. Tours are private-only or offer a shared small group — filter below to compare. Not sure which to pick? Read the Monteverde planning guide.
Available Monteverde tours
Private Birdwatching
A private birding expedition through Monteverde's premier reserves in search of the Resplendent Quetzal, Three-wattled Bellbird and dozens of highland specialties.
Nature Tour
A natural history walk that decodes how the cloud forest works — symbiosis, orchids, strangler figs and Monteverde's most iconic wildlife.
Nature Tour — Shared Small Group
A three-hour natural history walk in Curi-Cancha or the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, shared with a small group of fellow travellers at a friendly per-person rate.
Private Full Day Tour
Nine unhurried hours across Curi-Cancha and the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve — two distinct ecosystems in a single day.
Night Walk Tour
After dusk the forest changes shift: sloths, kinkajous, tree frogs, snakes and tarantulas emerge on the trails of the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge.
Private Guided Tours
A fully customizable tour built around your group's pace, interests and mobility needs — photography, family-friendly walks or targeted wildlife tracking.
Night Walk — Shared Small Group
A two-hour evening walk in the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge, shared with a small group — flashlights, spotting scope and a certified naturalist guide included.
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