Lodging for birders around the world
This is a list of Hotels, Inns and B&B's recommended by Birdingpals
To correspond directly with the owner eliminating the middleman, Birdingpal provides a direct email address
to the proprietor wherever possible.
*Lodging I have visited personally, has a note with my comments.
** Lodgings offering a discount off the nightly rates to Birdingpals
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Costa Rica
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| Arenal Observatory Lodge Arenal You have to see this place in order to believe it exists, couple of hard to find hummers in the garden! Birdingpal Paul Gaffan paul.gaffan(AT)btinternet.com |
 
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| Selva Bananito Lodge Bananito |
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| Hotel de Campo Caño Negro Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge |
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| Tiskita Jungle Lodge Escazu Wonderful lodge set in the jungle, only way in and out is by light aircraft, friendly, superb setting with fantastic birding. Birdingpal Paul Gaffan paul.gaffan(AT)btinternet.com |
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| Casa Rio Blanco Ecolodge Guapiles |
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| Saladero Eco Lodge Piedras Blancas NP, Golfo Dulce A new (5 years open) eco lodge at the north end of the Golfo Dulce and located in the least traveled national park. Piedras Blancas. With primary rain forest, 1/2 mile of beachfront and the mangrove estuary of the Rio Esquinas next to us, there is an amazing variety of birds to see. Boat transportation is included in the price of the comfortable cabins as well as kayaks, snorkeling and fishing equipment. Proprietors Harvey and Susan Woodard. Update: We have added one cabin, the Bungalow, a small two person cabin with private bathroom and outdoor hot water shower located only 50 meters from the beach. View of gardens, jungle and beach. It has solar electric lighting. |
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| Heliconia Island B & B Heliconia Island, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Heredia Visitors to the Island will be delighted by the large number of colourful, exotic tropical bird species. There are more than 400 species of birds in the tropical lowland forest of the Sarapiquí region. |
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| Hacienda Solimar Heredia Working ranch on a vast acreage, dry area birds, good basic accomodation, excellent food but take your own beer! This place is so far removed space on delivery trucks is limited hence take your own beer. tel:(506) 383 890. Birdingpal Paul Gaffan paul.gaffan(AT)btinternet.com |
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| Villa Lapas Hotel Tarcoles River, Puntarenas Excellent Hotel, close to Carara NP. It has its own good area of forest and riverside. Birdingpal Paul Gaffan paul.gaffan(AT)btinternet.com |
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| Villa Toucan Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Punta Uva |
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| Swiss Hotel Monteverde Santa Elena, Monteverde |
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| La Palapa Eco Lodge Resort Portalon Every single day at our gardens and specially during breakfast but also during all day long, you are fortunate to see and observe the colors of the birds that visit us and nest year upon year. |
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| El Yunque's Rainforest Inn Rio Grande |
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| Rio Indio Lodge Rio Maiz National Park |
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| Cabinas Chacón San Gerardo de Dota |
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| Hotel Bougainvillea San José, Sarapiqui Full of trees, flowers and bushes, our garden is particularly attractive to birds. Hummingbirds, Blue crowned Motmots, Palm Tanagers, Tropical Kingbirds, Boat-Billed Flycatchers among many others are frequently sighted in our backgrounds. |
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| La Quinta de Sarapiqui San José, Sarapiqui |
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| Bosque del Tolomuco B&B Talamanca Mountains |
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| Cerro Lodge Tarcoles /Carara National Park |
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| Poas Volcano Lodge Vara Blanca Easiest location for high-elevation birds, an hour from SJO on the same side of San Jose. Lovely lodge, nice rooms, great meals at about $US par. Lodge can arrange picnic lunch or local guide. Feeders on site. Flame-colored tanager, emerald toucanet, chestnut-capped brush finch, yellow-thighed finch, volcano hummer, slaty flowerpiercer, long-tailed silky-flycatcher possible on property. Birdingpal G.Constantine gavia(AT)gwi.net |
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Last update 16/06/2013