Monteverde Night Walk: Explore the Vibrant Nocturnal Life of the Forest
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68 Ratings
Monteverde
Experience the vibrant nocturnal life of Monteverde's forest on a 2-hour night walk. Observe sloths, night birds, snakes, insects, and more with expert guides. Limited to 7 people per group.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Santa Elena - A walk through a private reserve of approximately 2 hours. This is a slow walk ideal to observe the night life of the forest. We will be able to see sloths, night birds, snakes, nocturnal insects, armadillos, tarantulas, scorpions, among others. Each person will be provided with a lamp. Groups of up to 8 people.
What's Included
  • Guided tour
  • Lamp
What's Not Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information

Embark on a leisurely two-hour stroll through a private nature preserve to experience the forest’s nocturnal inhabitants. Keep an eye out for sloths, owls, serpents, nocturnal insects, armadillos, tarantulas, and scorpions. A lantern will be dispensed to every participant. The tour is limited to 7 individuals per group. Our knowledgeable and passionate guides are well-versed with the area, ensuring a deeply personalized service for small groups of no more than 7 participants.

Location
Wildlife Refuge Monteverde
Calle Los Camachos
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Globetrotting586547
Apr 19, 2024
Do not hesitate to book this! - This was a very special evening. I am still beaming thinking about everything we saw. Our guide, Marlin, is a trained veterinarian by day and wildlife savant by night. He had a sixth sense to know exactly where to find interesting critters. Sure the guides share info, and if you visit the refuge daily then you naturally have a general idea of who is hiding where, but still this is wildlife and not a zoo, so I was blown away by his ability to find things. And it was such a fabulous night Marlin stayed with us an extra half hour. (Plus he was super patient and helpful with the photography through his scope. Halfway through I just handed him my phone to take pics every time we saw something.) The highlights of this trip were a hummingbird falling asleep, a sleeping howler monkey, a motmot, a tarantula, a scorpion, walking sticks, metallic gold beetles, rainforest frogs, a coati walking through the woods, an opossum, and a sloth that had left his perch in the canopy to come down to the forest floor—to poop! This happens only once a week, but it is not common for the tours to witness the ritual. In fact Marlin had only experienced it once before. Granted your mileage may vary, but at least you are in great hands with Three Brothers, and even if you see half of what we saw it is really cool walking by moonlight through well maintained trails.
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33fayee
Mar 19, 2024
Bucket List Trip To Rainforest - We went on two hikes with Three Brothers Tours during our trip, and both were excellent! Albert took us on a night hike in Monteverde, and he went above and beyond to show us as many creatures as possible and share his knowledge with us. He even took extra time at the end of the tour to ensure we saw a sloth before we left. His knowledge was vast and his energy and passion for the forest was palpable. He truly made the experience magical. The second tour we participated in was a hike in the Monteverde cloud forest. Alfredo was our guide for this tour and he was also so kind, knowledgeable and helpful. He knew the answer to every question we asked, shared history and fun facts about Monteverde and the surrounding region, and ensured each member of our group had more than one chance to look at the creatures he found. It was also clear that Alfredo shares a deep love of the forest. I HIGHLY recommend Three Brothers Tours, and will happily look them up again on our next trip to Costa Rica.
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Julie_w
Mar 18, 2024
Highl recommend to everyone. - It is different feeling to take night tour at Monteverde. Kind of scary to walk at night but very interesting to see some birds or insects that we may only have better view at night. The tour guide has very good vision and find birds, snake or insects easily. Highly recommended.
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Kristy
Mar 18, 2024
Totally worth it! - Really enjoyed this night walk and got to see lots of interesting animals including a sloth eating, a Kinkajou, tarantula and side striped viper. Excellent guide with lots of knowledge. Definitely worth the expense. A highlight of our trip to Costa Rica!
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Nancytravels2017
Mar 13, 2024
Nature lovers make great guides! - The night walk was great, we say a great selection of birds, spiders, snakes, and a Kinkajou! We saw a Long tailed Manakin and a Quetzal. Our guide Alexander knows an amazing amount of information about the animals, birds, insects, reptiles and flora. He is very patient and clearly loves the area. There was a family with a child (7-ish) and he was great at getting her engaged in finding things. I highly recommend Three Brothers Tours.
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Dbostrovsky
Mar 10, 2024
Unique opportunity only possible with a guide - I don’t really care for bugs so I wouldn’t normally walk in the rain forest at night. However this tour afforded us a unique opportunity to view a variety of birds, amphibians, and insects asleep in their natural habitats. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and excellent at spotting obscure animals. He took his time to educate us about them and made sure we were able to see all of them with our naked eye as well as to take great photos. Excellent experience!
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Anastasia_g
Feb 19, 2024
Great experience! - Very nice activity. We were a small group of 6 and our guide -Mauricio- was super knowledgable and friendly. We had the chance to spot many animals such as sloth, snake, sleeping toucan and other birds and the extraordinary creature, the walking stick insect - impossible to spot if you are not an expert. Mauricio provided a lot of info about the animals and overall this was a very nice experience. Hiking was normal. Recommended.
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Marshavrn
Feb 19, 2024
Must Do - This was an excellent experience for all 6 of my family! We saw toucans, pit vipers, sloths, and so many other birds! We were all amazed how our guide was able to locate the tiniest little hummingbird at a distance, at night! And gave us all plenty of time to look through the scope, and even helped us take pictures! He was very informative and approachable! This was a highlight of our Costa Rica adventure!! Thank you so much 3 Brothers
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Kristine_a
Mar 10, 2024
Our guide was great. Saw... - Our guide was great. Saw a bunch of insects and some sleeping birds. Sorry to have not seen a sloth.
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Wilmatal
Feb 22, 2024
Overcrowded park - So-called small groups, but there are 15 of the small groups walking almost next to each other. Not a frog seen. Guide didn't tell us anything, only name. Disappointed for the price.
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