Night Jungle Tours

Red-eyed tree frogs cling to leaves under headlamp beams, kinkajous move through the canopy, and a tarantula waits at the mouth of its burrow. Most of Costa Rica's wildlife is nocturnal, so a guide with a flashlight and a trained eye for eyeshine finds ten times what the daytime trail ever shows. Walk Monteverde's cloud forest after dark, La Fortuna's reserves, or Drake Bay's insect-hunting circuit with the famous "Bug Lady."