4. Wildlife of Carara Biological Reserve

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LOCATION:

  • South-western part of Costa Rica.
  • At the entrance of Nicoya gulf. Along the Tarcoles River.

ACCESS:

  • By bus from San Jose to Tarcoles, takes about 3 hours.
  • There are a lot of tours from San Jose.

ACCOMMODATION:

  • There are some lodges around Tarcoles.

BIRDS:

  • There are a lot of waterbirds along the Tarcoles river, and also a lot of birds are observed in mangrove. You can hire boats at some lodges in Tarcoles.
  • Shorebirds and Seabirds are observed here, for example, Brown Pelican, Anhinga, Wood Stork, White Ibis, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron, Boat-billed Heron, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Green-backed Heron, Black-necked Stilt, Ringed Kingfisher, Green Kingfisher, etc...
  • Lots of forest birds are observed in Carara Biological Reserve. But there are only a few short trails in the reserve. Very difficult to see forest birds and animals.
  • Some of the birds species are unique, for example, Yellow-headed Caracara, Baird's Trogon, Fiery-billed Aracari, Golden-naped Woodpecker, Red-crowned Woodpecker, Scarlet Macaw, etc...
  • Especially, you can see Scarlet Macaws from the bridge across the Tarcoles river in he evening. They fry over your head to go back to their roosts. Maybe this is the best way to observe them. You can hear their voice along the river side track, but very difficult to see them.

MAMMALS:

  • Not so many mammals are observed in this area, but occasionally observed Puma along the loop trail.

OTHERS:

  • Lots of huge Crocodiles are observed in the Tarcoles river from the bridge. And also you can see feeding huge (jumping) crocodiles from the boat.

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