If your goal is to see the resplendent quetzal, this birding tour of the Costa Rica highlands is a must-do. Journey from the Quepos area to Los Quetzales National Park early in the morning for your best chances of seeing the beautiful birds. As you enjoy a leisurely hike through the park, you'll also have the opportunity to spot hummingbirds, flycatchers, woodpeckers, haws, wrens, tanagers, and more.

Tour of Los Quetzales National Park: Ideal for birders
Depart early in the morning for the best quetzal-spotting
Hassle-free pickup from your Quepos/Manuel Antonio hotel
Includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks

What's Included

All pictures and videos taking with our spotting scope would be for free.
Licence Tour Guide by ICT (Costa Rican Tourism Chamber)
Our Top of line Swarovski Crystals Scope
Bottled water
Lunch
Snacks
Breakfast

As bird watcher you have to bring your own Binoculars
Is require as minimum 2 persons for this tour.

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Park Trail
Park Trail, Puntarenas Province, Quepos, Costa Rica

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

04:00 am

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

We offer transportation in any Hotel, Villa, Ranch, Private house or Airb/b or at the national park entrance Quepos or Manuel Antonio Town.

What To Expect

Parque National Los Quetzales

10 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not recommended for travellers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Not wheelchair accessible
The pick up time for this activity is around 2:30 am of the morning. from Quepos or Manuel Antonio
Please be responsible visitor, if by any chance you are having any delays on Breakfast, mechanical or any other issues please let us know is not nice for others waiting for you to show up, after 10 minutes of a wait at the agreed pickup place, it would be considered as NO SHOW and refunds are not applicable.

Remember animals are not held in captivity and the national park is not a Zoo, We promise to do our best to find as many animals as we can, but we can't warranty that you will see certain animals are certain times.
Please keep in mind that temperatures in the highlands could be quite chilly, please bring coat clothes,
In case of bad weather tour will be rescheduled or refund
Not recommended for travelers with knees or hips problems
Most travellers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Reviews

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Jason was a Great Guide

Kenneth_W, Apr 2023

Jason was a fantastic guide and led us straight to the Quetzals - we would never have found them by ourselves. He knew their recent habitat and by listening for their call quickly located one. Later in the morning he took us to a nesting location and with his spotting scope we were able to get fantastic videos of the Quetzals going to and coming from the nests. He was very helpful, interesting to listen to, and knew great places for breakfast and lunch.

Quetzaling

John_M, Apr 2023

Amazing experience. Way above my expectations. Guide is very knowledgeable, I learned a lot. Locations, birds, weather, meals, pick up, transportation were perfect.

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