Your own transportation : Our tour guide must accompany you in your vehicle.
Pickup included
Playa El Rey Birding : Located just 12 miles south of Quepos, Playa El Rey (Swamps and Rice Paddies) can be added to our Esquipulas Birding Tour.
Duration: 2 hours: As a complement to our Esquipulas Tour, El Rey offers a variety of species associated with swamps and rice paddies.
Pickup included
The Esquipulas Rainforest property (133.5 acres) is geographically located at the base of the Talamanca mountain range, all surrounded by patches of primary and secondary forests, immersed among evergreen trees covered in large and colorful vines, lianas and aerial roots, various fruits local trees, coffee fields, grazing lands and forest edges and gardens with tropical plants that flower throughout the year (Heliconias, Calatheas, Lantanas, Bromeliads) as a result, a variety of species can be observed or photographed such as, tanagers, euphonias, honeycreepers, trogons, hummingbirds, and occasionally falcons and hawk-eagles.
Some of the best frequently seen species are: Turquoise Cotinga (endemic), Fiery-billed Araçari (endemic), White-crested Coquette, White-tipped Sicklebill, Baird's Trogon, Red-capped Manakin, Common Potto and the amazing King Vulture.
As bird guides, we will describe to you the most relevant and important characteristics of all the species observed or heard throughout our 4-hour tour, emphasizing the orientation of the tour according to your previous lineage request (bird watching, birding or bird photography).
If you are staying in Manuel Antonio or Quepos, we recommend our main office as a meeting point, but if you are driving from outside of Quepos (Jaco or Dominical) we recommend meeting us at the Delta La Managua gas station, as it appears on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AaTwib9kj4J3SsVBA
If you are staying in Manuel Antonio or Quepos, we recommend our main office as a meeting point, but if you are driving from outside of Quepos (Jaco or Dominical) we recommend meeting us at the Delta La Managua gas station, as it appears on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AaTwib9kj4J3SsVBA
The Esquipulas Rainforest is located 45 minutes by car from the Manuel Antonio and Quepos hotels, the road conditions are excellent until the town of Villa Nueva, from that point the roads are rural, gravel and muddy in certain areas. A 4x4 or 4x2 vehicle is required if we are NOT providing transportation.
