甲城老武

Date

Stay

12/07 Sa

Bos-FLL JetBlue 769   6:00-9:29

FLL-SJO JetBlue 39 10:15-12:12 PM 

Start from   Airport

            Doka Estate Costa Rica Coffee(1) or La Casa del Café Doka(2)

            Hortensias Chalets Vara blanca - 27 km/47 min from airport

La Paz

12/08 Su

Start from La Paz

Poas Volcano & Laguna Botos  (Morning) - 16 km/23 min from hotel

La Paz Waterfall Gardens (late) - 21km/31 min from Poas Volcano

               Head to La Selva around evening - 53 km/1.3 hr.

La Selva Biological Station

12/09 M

Start from  La Selva

La Selva Biological Station Bird view - most of the time

       Head to Hotel Secreto La Fortuna around evening($89.65) - 78 km/ 1.5 hr.

La Fortuna

12/10 Tu

Start from  La Fortuna

       Ecocentro Danaus - banana for treating the birds

       the Arenal Volcano

       Fortuna Waterfall                          (S of the town)

 Arenal Observatory Lodge   - 23 km/32 min 

Arenal Observatory Lodge

12/11 W

Start from Birding at Arenal Observatory Lodge

                      Lost Iguana Resort and Spa ($183.0)  - 14 km/25 min      

La Fortuna

12/12 Th

Start from La Fortuna

Místico Arenal Hanging Bridges (W of the town, on way to Lodge)  ~2 hr.

          Santa Elena (Monteverde) -  95 km (2.5 hr) from Hanging Bridges

        Cloud Forest Lodge by Böën

Monteverde

12/13 F

Rt 620 (from Santa Elena to Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve)

  1) the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve - experts like Guindon

  Reserva Curi Cancha

  3) Monteverde Ecological Sanctuary

  4) Bajo del Tigre Road(part of Children’s Eternal Rain Forest)

  5) San Gerardo Field Station  (N of Santa Elena)

  7) Freelance -  road leading to La Colina Lodge, just past the Monteverde Cheese Factory,   fig tree between Hotel El Bosque and the Santa Elena and Monteverde Artisans’ Cooperative (CASEM) 

Santa Elena Preserve direction                

  Selvatura  - Hummingbird garden (N of Santa Elena) - now permanently closed!            

  Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve[La Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena] (N of Santa Elena)

  San Gerardo Field Station  (N of Santa Elena)

Monteverde

12/14  Sa

Birding at Monteverde

Head to Carara NP late afternoon  -  96 km(~2 hr.)

            Tarcoles Birding Lodge 

Carara NP

12/15  Su

Birding at Carara NP

                                         Villa Lapas Jungle Village

Carara NP

12/16 M

Birding at Carara NP in morning  

Head to Juan Santamaría airport at 10:00 AM  - 63 km (~1 hr)

SJO-FLL JetBlue 38    1:12 PM - 5:11   PM

FLL-BOS JetBlue 870  8:25 PM - 11:39 PM

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