Fun birdwatching! - Rafael had his spotting scope and showed us birds we had never seen before. He was personable and customized our tour to what we did and did not want to see.

Great tour guide and beautiful birds and animals - Johnny was an exceptional guide. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He went the extra mile to show us as many interesting birds and animals as he could.

a relaxed and fun tour with Jonny. - Our small family enjoyed the tour by Jonny. He was fun and knowledgable. We enjoyed the talk and his sharing of his knowledge. Highly recommend.

Birds heard, some seen, a few successfully photographed - Our guide, Johnny, was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. We saw many hummingbirds and were able to get some stunning photos. Other birds such as toucans could be heard, but we didn't see them. The quetzels were also no-shows, but sighting them isn't guaranteed.

Enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide - Roy was an excellent guide. Always fascinated by nature since he was a child, he still got excited when we saw some of Costa Rica's most rare and impressive birds on this tour. It was definitely worth the early start. You could also hire binoculars at the nature reserve if you didn't have any.

Great Guide - Johnny was great. Very knowledgeable and friendly. We had to wait for heavy rain before entering the park and it was fine with him. Highly recommended.

Recommend! - Very good tour! Rafael, not Johnny, guided us. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and eager for us to have an excellent experience! His English is better than he thinks, btw. There were a few issues before the tour (price changed, Johnny was injured at the last minute,, etc), but Johnny was quick to resolve them all and so very friendly! We saw 19 bird species (no quetzal, but that’s birding…wildlife is not predictable; and it’s a great reason to come back!).

Disappointing company but Curi-Cancha reserve is great - Nobody turned up to pick us up as arranged. After several phone calls to the company, a taxi picked us up and dropped us at the reserve entrance. We had to pay the entrance fee again as Johnny was not there to confirm we had already paid. No guide was waiting for us. The staff at the reserve said that ‘Johnny Loves Nature’ are known to them as he is unreliable and often late. Another guide eventually turned up (now nearly 2-hours late) and we did get a guided walk around Curi-Cancha. This was very disappointing as we had read good reviews snout Johnny.The guide was really nice but not very knowledgeable. Thanks to another guide we met in the reserve, we were lucky enough to see a female Quetzal. Next time, we will book direct with the reserve and avoid using a company like this. Our entrance fee has never been refunded 😕

Waste of money and very disappointing tour!! - Johnny was late did not even apologise for his delay.We had to pay extra admission fee which was not included.His attitude was very casual and was hardly trying to find birds just talking about other things .The guides at the reserve are really good and I saw them taking good pictures with our cameras and really looking for birds and show many more birds than we saw which was only 2 .Extremely disappointed and despite asking Trip advisor for partial refund didn’t receive any reply.

Skip to someone else - He arrived late and zoomed pass us a few yards away to park his motorcycle. I had to come and introduce ourselves to him. It already gave me bad vibes. Before even starting he told me he would have to leave earlier because he had something to do later. Near the entrance other people were searching for a quetzal and we saw it. Though “ in a rush” he was nice enough to “other people” to let them look through his scope. So, after seeing the elusive quetzal his job was pretty done ! We rushed through the park. Thank God he took us to see a tarantula den and we managed to see it this beautiful arachnid for the happiness of my son. We saw a glimpse of an agouti, a couple of coatis and some hummingbirds. At the end, when I tried to talk to him about why I was not aware before booking him that my tour would be that short cause he had “something to do” he got angry and aggressive and disrespected me in front of my kids. The Park workers witnessed all. I gave him a $100 bill and he complained was broken, he suggested if I was not happy he would give me $20 back and he snatched the bill out of my hands, put in his pocket, and stormed away. My kids stood there clueless of what was going on and my young daughter disapproved of his behavior. I traveled to more than 90 countries in my life and NEVER dealt with someone like him. He is a disgrace to Costa Rican people who are gentle and kind. If you cannot have a normal conversation with someone, answer their questions or accept some constructive review this job is not for you. I read many many reviews in Trip Advisor and I am sad to see others were treated better. I was advised by workers there that he had complains before and I should’ve hired an official park guide. I wish too but there will be no second time and this part of our trip was ruined by him. We were very excited Monteverde but we left to never come back. There are other competent guides there, so please, take your business somewhere else. I am too busy to write reviews but was bad enough to take a few minutes of my time because people deserve to know. Take my advice if you want so if not, good luck.