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Night Tour In Cahuita Jungle Rainforest

Please make all reservations 24-48 hours in advance

To be advised regarding Method of Payments: All PayPal, Visa, Master Card and Maestro, a Costa Rica 13% IVA Sales Tax will be added to the service.

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The Night Tour in Cahuita Rainforest is a great way to discover a big variety of nocturnal animals that live in the coastal tropical rainforest. At night is when this area really awakens. The darkness will give a very different feel to the hike and their eye reflex makes it easier to spot animals, sounds are louder, there are more.

1. Intro To Nocturnal Wildlife
2. Follow a Dark Rainforest Trail bordering Cahuita National Park
3. This tour is not inside Cahuita National Park, since it is prohibited any entrance from 5pm to 6am
4. The Night Tour Trail borders Cahuita National Park where Nocturnal Tropical Wildlife are spoted by our guide.

The night tour starts from Willie’s Tours Office. Here we give a quick introduction to the tour and look at what insects are attracted to a white sheet with light casted on it. From there we start to search for animals, along the coastline of the village. We may spot owls, bats, Night herons, nocturnal frogs, tarantulas, snakes and a variety of other just awoken animals. Diversity is big, there’s always new things to be found.

A little further on our route we pass the entrance of the park, which is closed by night. So we’ll follow a trail that leads along its borderline.

After about an hour of walking through the darkness, we stand quiet, just listening for a while to the countless sounds and enjoy the silence fo the forest.

The big trees of the forest hide Tarantulas and sleeping lizards, with good luck we spot the Kinkajou (Night monkey). A forest floor is crawling with critters. The tour will be led by an English speaking Night Naturalist with local knowledge of the area. After an intense 2 ½ hours walk we’ll reflect on what has been found this night on our way back into Cahuita.

NOTE: 13% sales tax will be added to Visa, Master Card & PayPal payments