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Puma Expeditions
Birds & Breakfast, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
La Fortuna

Birds & Breakfast

Easy
Difficulty
Half day
Duration
~3–4 hours
From 1 guest
Private, up to 14
La Fortuna
Destination

Explore a family farm near La Fortuna in the early morning with a specialized naturalist guide, using spotting scopes to find toucans, motmots, tanagers, and many other tropical birds. The walk ends with a traditional Costa Rican breakfast on an open-air ranch overlooking the countryside.

Start the day at a family farm near La Fortuna, arriving in the early morning hours when the rainforest is most active with birdlife. Led by a specialized naturalist guide, this walk covers the farm’s gallery forest, open fields, and secondary forest, habitats that support a remarkable diversity of tropical birds.

Using expert birding techniques and high-definition spotting scopes, your guide will help you find colorful toucans, motmots, tanagers, oropendolas, kingfishers, and many other resident and migratory species. The relaxed, quiet pace makes this experience equally enjoyable for seasoned birders and travelers who simply want to enjoy nature at its liveliest.

The walk ends with a traditional Costa Rican breakfast on an open-air ranch, with views across the countryside, along with coffee and natural juices. Ideal for nature lovers and early risers, this experience pairs well with a volcano hike, safari float, or other activities later in the day.

  • Puma Expeditions: 5.0 on Google · 3 reviews
  • Certified by the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), fully insured local operator.
  • No payment is required yet. A local host normally replies within one business day.

La Fortuna

We pick you up at your hotel or the airport and handle the full route, door to door.

≈ 2¾ h from LIR · ≈ 3 h from SJO

Driving times are approximate.

GuanacasteAlajuelaHerediaSan JoséCartagoLimónPuntarenasPapagayoLiberiaRincón de la ViejaBijagua · TenorioTamarindoPalo VerdeOstionalNosara · SámaraSanta TeresaMonteverdeLa FortunaTortugueroJacóQuepos · Manuel AntonioOsa PeninsulaPuerto ViejoLIRGuanacasteAirportSJOJuan Santamaría Int'l
  • LIRGuanacaste Airport
  • SJOJuan Santamaría Int'l
  1. Papagayo
  2. Liberia
  3. Rincón de la Vieja
  4. Bijagua · Tenorio
  5. Tamarindo
  6. Palo Verde
  7. Ostional
  8. Nosara · Sámara
  9. Santa Teresa
  10. Monteverde
  11. La Fortuna
  12. Tortuguero
  13. Jacó
  14. Quepos · Manuel Antonio
  15. Osa Peninsula
  16. Puerto Viejo

Meet your local hosts

One of them plans your day, picks you up and brings you back. Who exactly depends on the date.

  • Daniel Alvarado, Driver Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Daniel Alvarado

    Driver Guide · ES, EN

    Around twelve years in Costa Rican tourism. On the drive between Guanacaste and Arenal he points out how fast the landscape and climate change, and shares the history of both regions along the way. His picks: the Palo Verde boat safari and Rincón de la Vieja's Pailas trail.

  • Kevin Arias, Naturalist Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Kevin Arias

    Naturalist Guide · ES, EN

    Twenty years guiding Costa Rica as a general and naturalist guide, with a special passion for botany: he points out plant adaptations, ecological relationships and the quiet work that trees, flowers and lianas do in the ecosystem. His favorite day is Palo Verde, where wildlife, tropical wetlands, cultural traditions and history meet — and the birdlife is spectacular.

  • Ronny Bonilla, Driver Guide at Puma Expeditions

    Ronny Bonilla

    Driver Guide · ES, EN

    Twenty-two years in tourism, from restaurants to tour sales to driving and guiding. Místico is his favorite trail: rich in wildlife, easy to walk, and full of the forest's secrets. On transfers north he loves the moment the dry Pacific crosses an invisible line into rainforest green.

From$544
2 guests
Final price depends on pickup