Feb 16, 2025
Eyes-wide Open Night Tour - Marcos Mendez, from Pasion Costa Rica opened our eyes to the night world of this beautiful area. Night walks are always hit and miss, but Marcos did a great job of locating hard to spot wildlife. Marcos is full of enthusiasm, speaks good English, and freely shares his extensive knowledge of nature. Some of our sightings included a gorgeous side stripped palm-pit viper, frogs, cool bugs and several napping animals including a howler, hummingbird and other birds, and oddly, a boa constrictor, very much out of his territory.
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Feb 12, 2025
First-rate experience and wonderful people. - We were fortunate to have Marcos from Pasion Costa Rica as our tour guide for a group visit to Monteverde for three days. He is an amazing person and resource, and both him and the owner at Pasion Costa Rica ensured we had an unforgettable experience. Thank you Marcos & Susu!
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Feb 3, 2025
Better than I had ever anticipated - Marcus was amazing and VERY knowledgeable. He knew how and where to look and that made the walk that much better. I told him I wanted to see insects and he didn't disappoint. Please put this guy on as your front runner if you are looking at options. He's wonderful!
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Feb 1, 2025
Wonderful experience - An amazing tour with Marcos. It was magical to be in the Cloud Forest at night, with a light rain falling. We saw a snake high in a tree, an enormous ant colony, sleeping toucan & brown jay, and even a sloth moving high up above. Marcos is incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about sharing his love of these creatures. I highly recommend!
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Jan 30, 2025
Best Experience in CR! - Our tours with Pasión Costa Rica were a true highlight of our honeymoon. We cannot stop talking about how amazing they were and really became the bar for all other tours and guides during our 10 days.
We did a night hike and the El Tigre Waterfall hike with Marcos and had an amazing experience both days. Marcos is as knowledgeable as he is kind, and we so enjoyed learning from him and exploring Monteverde with him. We learned about so many incredible animals, plants, and even some local history. I never knew I'd be so interested in Leaf Cutter Ants, but they are arguably now one of my favorite creatures.
The team was flexible and understanding of the need to change a tour date at the last minute (thank you, Susu!) due to illness, and we were so excited that Marcos could still lead our tour a few days later.
While you can never guarantee good weather or what wildlife you will see, I can promise you that even in the rain or without a sloth sighting, you will have an unforgettable experience with the Pasión Costa Rica team.
There are many companies available and lots of knowledgeable tour guides, but if you want a truly amazing experience book with Pasión Costa Rica!
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Jan 24, 2025
Wonderful Walk in the Rain Forrest - Absolutely wonderful nature night walk with Marco! He was so knowledgeable & fun - & his enthusiasm was infective! Highly recommend this tour! (make sure you bring a rain jacket - we got a few flurries - but that just made the experience even better)!
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Jan 16, 2025
Recommend guide Sergei and the Night Tour - A great experience on a private night tour with Sergei who is very knowledgeable. We learned a lot and enjoyed being in the reserve forest at night - not to be undertaken without an experienced guide! Recommended.
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Feb 17, 2024
A joyful experience of learning about Costa Rica's wildlife. - My sisters & I had a wonderful time with Marcos! We went on the night tour and the morning history tour. He was so friendly and accommodating to our interests. He spend extra time answering all our questions. Marcos is full of knowledge of the animal and plant species and history in Monte Verde area and Cloud Forest. He has an incredible eye to find what is out there. Also he shares some of his stories. I would highly recommend taking a tour with Marcos!
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Aug 23, 2023
Best night hike in Monteverde - Really informed night tour! Marcus is passionate about nature! He waited patiently for rain to die down, before an informative tour which included 2 snakes, a sleeping hummingbird, 2 sleeping quetzals, a frog, 2 stick insects…He took pix with a tripod for us. He could answer all of our questions and was our best Costa Rica naturalist so far!
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Feb 14, 2023
Brilliant guide and lots of animal sightings - We had an amazing night Forest walk with Félix - he is extremely knowledgeable about the ecosystem of the cloud forest and has great skill at locating animals in the canopy and on the forest floor! We saw sleeping birds, including a hummingbird - how astonishing and were able to see a mother and baby sloth! Felix was charming, funny and patient. We learned so much from him and had a great time. Thank you so much, Pasion CR.
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