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Costa Rica Tag

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13 January 2025
ArenalCosta Rica

Advice for Costa Rica first-timer

Hey all! Long time reader here; first time poster. Going on a Costa Rica trip with my girlfriend and her family at the end of February, and I’d love to get some expert advice

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1 September 2024
Central Americacharismatic megafaunaCosta RicaNeotropicalNeotropicsNicaraguaPanama

Costa Rica/Nicaragua/Panama: Suggestions for VERY low budget mammal watching?

Hi all! Unfortunately I only make US$15,000 a year (small online business) and can’t come close to affording most of the tours or even accommodations people talk about on her

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20 August 2024
Costa Rica

Advice on what to aim for in Costa Rica

Hi mammal watchers! I’ll be traveling to Costa Rica (essentially Playa Grande then Monteverde, so all in Guanacaste) in January with my three kids (age 5 and under) and wife.

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20 June 2024
Costa Rica

costa rica, 2022: klil and assaf zaitlin (family trip), 21 mammal species (and others) including tapir, kinkajou and humpback whales

costa rica, 2022: klil and assaf zaitlin (family trip), 21 mammal species (and others) including tapir, kinkajou and humpback whales

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4 July 2023
Central America
Costa RicaNeotropical

Costa Rica

I first visited Costa Rica in 2010 and have returned several times. It offers some of the best and most accessible mammalwatching in Central America as well as plenty of opportunit

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26 February 2023
Costa RicaSouthern Spotted Skunk

Southern Spotted Skunk at Ostional, Costa Rica 2022 (Hugh Paxton)

This is an interesting report from a friend of mine, Hugh Paxton, who spent two weeks in Costa Rica last year to watch turtles hatch en masse. He saw some nice mammals including a

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26 July 2022
Central and South America
Costa Rica

Mammals of Costa Rica

Anyone who’s interested Neotropical mammals (let’s face it – all mammal watchers) should check out this very cool video library by Jim Wolfe in Costa Rica: https:

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26 June 2022
Central and South America
Costa Rica

Costa Rica trip report

Hi all, I’ve just uploaded a report from a fun visit to Costa Rica in March with Alex Meyer: https://www.mammalwatching.com/wp-content/uploads/CR_TR_AMVS_Mar22-compressed.pdf

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29 May 2022
Central and South America
Costa Rica

New Trip Report: Costa Rica

Here’s a first report from Atif Hashmi Costa Rica, 2022: Atif Hashmi, 11 days & 29 species including Olingo, Kinkajou and Northern Tamandua. Jon

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8 March 2022
Central and South America
Costa Rica

New Trip Report: Costa Rica

A short report with some fabulous photos from Hugh Lansdown who just returned from Costa Rica. Sounds like Palo Verde, which I don’t remember hearing about before, is worth v

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  1. IanKneepkens on Anyone for Corcovado N.P. (Costa Rica) around the 16th of August 2025?30 May 2025
  2. Jacob Zinn on Anyone for Corcovado N.P. (Costa Rica) around the 16th of August 2025?30 May 2025
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  1. IanKneepkens on Anyone for Corcovado N.P. (Costa Rica) around the 16th of August 2025?30 May 2025

    Thanks for the advice Jacob. I have emailed him!

  2. Jacob Zinn on Anyone for Corcovado N.P. (Costa Rica) around the 16th of August 2025?30 May 2025

    Wish I could join, it's a lovely place to see Baird's Tapirs and lots of other wildlife. I went with…

  3. Anna Bauerová on Borneo and Singapore29 May 2025

    Hi Daan, thanks for the corrections, I hope I fixed everything in the new version and it's fine now.

  4. Jon Hall on Moles and Voles, Bulgaria 202527 May 2025

    I think pitfall plastic bottles are the way to go but they need to be very carefully placed and then…

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1 June 2025
Adveristing: Discounted Primates & Parrots trip along the Amazon in May 2026 (discount expires on June 30)
1 June 2025
New Podcast Episode: Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Nigeria
30 May 2025
The Weekly Recap
30 May 2025
Anyone for Corcovado N.P. (Costa Rica) around the 16th of August 2025?

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