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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 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. Pieter de Groot Boersma on New Podcast: Made in China2 July 2026

    Hello mammal enthousiasts, I'm looking for people to join a trip to the mentioned Gouli Valley (Snow Leopard, Pallas's Cat,…

  2. Ben S on 3 Days in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast – September 20252 July 2026

    Hi Markus, Your toad is either Sclerophrys regularis or S. maculata. S. taiensis would be far more tuberculated. I believe…

  3. Kenny Ross on Giant anteater/Ornate titi monkey Colombia1 July 2026

    Hi Steve, probably a typo - got it from my notebook and it's likely phonetic! We had a guide as…

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    What a great day at sea!

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