COSTA RICA BIRDING EXPEDITION
(with naturalist and birding guide)
Mexico ~ Belize ~ Guatemala
Honduras ~ Nicaragua ~ El Salvador

78 Day Tour
January 13 to March 30, 2008

DAILY BIRDING SITE ITINERARY (subject to change)  

Day Location Habitat
1 Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas South Texas subtropics
2 Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas South Texas subtropics
3 Tamaulipas, Mexico (in route) Atlantic slope brushlands
4 Tampico & Northern Veracruz, Mexico (in route) Gulf coast marshes
5 El Tajín Toltec ruins, Mexico Gulf coast rainforest
6 Veracruz beach and sandhills, Mexico (campsite) Gulf coast
7 Rio Uxpanapa, Mexico Gulf coast marshes
8 Palenque Maya site, Mexico Atlantic slope foothills
9 Palenque, Mexico Atlantic slope foothills
10 Chetumal, Mexico (campsite) Caribbean coast
11 Northern Belize (in route) canefields & pine savannah
12 New River & Lamanai Maya site, Belize riverine broad-leaf forest
13 San Ignacio, Belize (campsite) lowland broad-leaf forest
14 Eastern Guatemala (in route) Altlantic slope lowlands
15 Tikal Maya site, Guatemala ruins & cenote
16 Tikal Maya site, Guatemala lowland broad-leaf forest
17 Eastern Guatemala (in route) lowland broad-leaf forest
18 Rio Dulce, Guatemala riverine & Caribbean coast
19 Southern Guatemala (in route) Atlantic slope forests
20 Northwestern Honduras (in route) Atlantic slope
21 Copan Maya site, Honduras lowland pine-oak forest
22 Northern Honduras (in route) lowland pine-oak forest
23 Marandón & La Lima Rice Fields, Honduras protected watershed
24 Lago de Yojoa, Honduras large natural lake
25 Los Naranjos & Santa Barbara N.P., Honduras woodlands surrounding lake
26 Central Honduras (in route) Atlantic slope
27 La Tigra N.P., Honduras watershed ridge to cloud forest
28 Estelí, Nicaragua border crossing
29 Western Nicaragua (in route) Pacific slope
30 Volcán Mombacho, Nicaragua humid forest & coffee plantation
31 Volcán Masaya N.P. & Laguna Masaya, Nicaragua high slope grasslands
32 El Chocoyero Nature Reserve, Nicaragua sub-humid tropical forest
33 Northwestern Costa Rica (in route) Pacific slope
34 Lomas Barbudal Reserve or Santa Rosa N.P. Pacific slope dry forest
35 Ricon de la Vieja N.P. Pacific slope wet & dry forest
36 Western Costa Rica (in route) Pacific slope
37 Lancaster Botanical Gardens & Rancho Naturalista Caribbean montane rain forest
38 Rancho Naturalista & Silent Mountain Caribbean montane rain forest
39 Rancho Naturalista & Tuis River Valley Caribbean montane rain forest
40 San Jose area (free day) Central Valley, Caribbean slope
41 Carara N.P., Rio Tarcoles estuary & Jaco Beach Pacific lowlands forest, mudflats
42 Braulio Carrillo N.P. Caribbean foothills rain forest
43 La Selva Biological Station Caribbean foothills rain forest
44 La Selva, Selva Verde, La Paz waterfall Caribbean foothills rain forest
45 San Jose area (free day) Central Valley, Caribbean slope
46 Colonia Virgen del Socorro & Poas Volcano N.P. Continental Divide cloud forest
47 La Georgina & Cerro de la Muerte paramo & high-altitude forest
48 Dominical & Hacienda El Baru or Los Cusingos Pacific beach & tropical forest
49 Cerro de la Muerte & San Gerardo de Dota paramo & high-altitude forest
50 San Gerardo de Dota paramo & high-altitude forest
51 South-central Costa Rica (in route) Pacific slope
52 San Jose area (free day) Central Valley, Caribbean slope
53 Puntarenas & Chomes Pacific mangroves & mudflats
54 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve cloud forest
55 Monteverde & Santa Elena Rain Forest cloud forest
56 San Jose area (free day) Central Valley, Caribbean slope
57 Western Costa Rica (in route) Pacific slope
58 Southwestern Nicaragua (in route) Pacific coastal
59 Montelimar Beach, Nicaragua (campsite) Pacific coast
60 Salto de La Estanzuela, Nicaragua (time permitting) Pacific slope
61 Southern Honduras (in route) Pacific coastal
62 Southern El Salvador (in route) Pacific coastal
63 Rio Jiboa, El Salvador Pacific shore
64 Walter Deininger, El Salvador lowland tropical dry forest
65 Laguna de Nahualapa, El Salvador small lake & adjacent woodland
66 Southern Guatemala (in route) Pacific slope
67 Sierra de Tecpán, Guatemala Pacific slope highland pine-oak
68 Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala hilltop pine-oak forest
69 Lago de Atitlán & Volcán Atitlán, Guatemala mountain lake & volcanoes
70 Southern Guatemala Pacific slope
71 Tapachula & La Libertad, Mexico Pacific coast, agricultural/scrub
72 Puerto Arista & Boca de Cielo, Mexico Pacific coast, agricultural/scrub
73 La Venta lagoon, Mexico Pacific coastal lagoon
74 Isthmus of Tehuantepec & southern Veracruz, Mexico. coastal hills & marshes
75 UNAM Biological Station, Mexico Atlantic lowland rain forest
76 Costa Esmeralda, Mexico Gulf coast
77 Tampico, Mexico Gulf coastal marshes
78 Taumaulipas, Mexico (in route) Atlantic slope brushlands
  N.P. = National Park  
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