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Costa Rica Tag

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31 March 2026
Central AmericaCosta Rica

Trip Report – Costa Rica, April, 2025

Hi all, here’s the long awaited (I’m sure) Costa Rica trip report of my second visit to the country with Vino de Backer last year. 13 days, 86 mammal species (59 bats, 27 o

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31 December 2025
Central AmericaCosta Rica

Trip Report – Costa Rica, June/July, 2023

Hi all, here’s my first report for my Costa Rica trip two years ago with Vino de Backer. 17 days and 101 mammal species (64 bats, 37 others) seen. (I went back again this yea

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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 and South 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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  1. Sjoerdvanbh on Pumas and/or Commerson’s Dolphins22 October 2026
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  1. Sjoerdvanbh on Pumas and/or Commerson’s Dolphins22 October 2026

    As to the Commerson Dolphins in Argentina. There are several local touroperators in Puerto Rawson, south of the Peninsula Valdez.…

  2. Samuel Marlin on Pumas and/or Commerson’s Dolphins22 October 2026

    Hi Coke You can see more details in my trip report but when we were in Chile and the Patagonia…

  3. Ralf Bürglin on Marmots and Mountain Beavers of the PNW22 October 2026

    Very inspiring. I also visited your website. Great stuff!

  4. Andy Parks on Marmots and Mountain Beavers of the PNW21 October 2026

    No, and from what I've seen in the literature there is conflicting morphological and genetic data over whether it should…

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