Quetzal tree n.2 | Tourist Attraction

Costa Rica

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2296.0 masl

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Groups come here every morning between 5:30/7am to spot quetzales. They typically eat fruits from trees and stay put for 20 minutes until they move to another branch/ tree. We saw 3 of them this morning. Hotels charge you a fortune (70USD for 2 adults and 2 kids) to come here so come on your own and join any group in the search for the rare birds. If someone asks you to pay to enter either negetiote the entrance price or say you came with the group. No one asked us anything the 2 mornings we came here. There are few places where to boondock around here, mostly gravel parking lots including one for big rigs such as unimogs 0.5km down the road from here. BThere is a brilliant hike to a waterfall 1.5km south of here on the left which goes for 2km through an amazing forrest with slippery ladders (most of which are missing stairs) and a hanging bridge. A bit demanding specially if it rained but we managed with kids of 2&4yo.

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Unfortunately we didn't see any quetzals. We walked from 4 to 5 PM and from 6 to 7:30AM from this point to the other one. There were no groups. It was certainly not the good season. By the way the trees, flowers and hummingbirds are beautiful!

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Vu une dizaine de quetzals ce matin vers 6h-6h30. La zone d'observation se situe entre le point indiqué et l'église. Si vous n'êtes pas avec un guide, regardez simplement où les groupes regardent...

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Groups come here every morning between 5:30/7am to spot quetzales. They typically eat fruits from trees and stay put for 20 minutes until they move to another branch/ tree. We saw 3 of them this morning. Hotels charge you a fortune (70USD for 2 adults and 2 kids) to come here so come on your own and join any group in the search for the rare birds. If someone asks you to pay to enter either negetiote the entrance price or say you came with the group. No one asked us anything the 2 mornings we came here. There are few places where to boondock around here, mostly gravel parking lots including one for big rigs such as unimogs 0.5km down the road from here. BThere is a brilliant hike to a waterfall 1.5km south of here on the left which goes for 2km through an amazing forrest with slippery ladders (most of which are missing stairs) and a hanging bridge. A bit demanding specially if it rained but we managed with kids of 2&4yo.

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