Monteverde: Night Walk with Optic Gear & Sunset Start
ID: GYG1452891-2217939
Category:
Country: Costa Rica
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Spot camouflaged frogs, vipers and sloths with your guide's professional optics on a cloud forest night walk. Choose a sunset start to catch the day-to-night transition or a full nocturnal departure.
On this two-hour guided walk through the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge, your naturalist guide carries professional optical gear to reveal wildlife you'd otherwise miss: a red-eyed tree frog tucked under a leaf, a side-striped palm pit viper coiled on a branch, a two-toed sloth high in the canopy.
Pick your departure. The 5:30 PM sunset walk lets you watch the forest switch shifts — diurnal birds settling, nocturnal species stirring. The 8:00 PM walk drops you straight into full nocturnal activity, when frogs call and predators hunt.
Your bilingual guide (English/Spanish) reads the forest closely: branches, leaf litter, humid vegetation, tree hollows. Along the way, learn how nocturnal species locate food, communicate, and adapt to life in the cloud forest. Expect possible sightings of owls, bats, tarantulas, insects, reptiles and amphibians — never guaranteed, always wild.
Each participant receives a flashlight. Groups walk quietly to reduce disturbance and improve sightings.
Highlights
- Guided night walk in Monteverde's cloud forest
- Spot hidden wildlife using your guide's professional optics
- Choose 5:30 PM sunset start or 8:00 PM full-night departure
- Search for red-eyed tree frogs, sloths, owls and pit vipers
- Bilingual English/Spanish naturalist guide + flashlight included
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Wildlife sightings are not guaranteed
Trails may be uneven, wet, muddy, or slippery
Tours operate in rain unless conditions are severe, in that case, you can get a refund
Weather can change quickly in Monteverde
Remain quiet and move carefully to improve wildlife encounters
We meet up in the front desk of the Montevede Wildlife Refuge
INCLUDED
- Two-hour guided night walk
- Bilingual English/Spanish naturalist guide
- Flashlight per participant
- Professional optical gear
- Wildlife and cloud forest interpretation
- Entrance to the Monteverde Wildlife Refuge
NOT INCLUDED
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fee to Monteverde Wildlife Refuge $15pp
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
