Choose a Monteverde night tour
A Monteverde night tour takes you into the forest with a guide after dark. The options here use different woodland areas and offer different combinations of admission, transport and observation equipment. Choose around the experience you want and the journey from your accommodation. A shorter evening walk with hotel pickup can fit a day of independent exploration, while a night-vision outing suits visitors particularly interested in observing through specialist equipment.
The Kinkajou forest walk lasts approximately 1.5 hours and includes a guide, entrance ticket and hotel pickup and drop-off in Monteverde. The 2-hour naturalist walk with HD optics includes a spotting scope, rechargeable flashlights and guide-provided digiscoping photographs. Its trail admission is extra and transport is available as an add-on. The night-vision experience lasts 2 hours and has a maximum of eight participants, with a naturalist, telescope, night-vision visors and flashlights.
Our picks: Night walks
Our take: Choose the hotel-transfer walk for included transport and admission. For a small group, the night-vision walk takes up to eight people; the other naturalist walk has a separate trail fee.
Hand-picked tours, booked through GetYourGuide and Viator. Prices are indicative starting prices in US dollars (as of November 2026). Tap a tour for live availability and the current price in your currency.
Night wildlife walk with viewing equipment
- Night vision visors and flashlights
- Expert naturalist guide
- Small group experience
The group has at most eight participants.
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Guided night walk with hotel transfer
- Entrance ticket to Kinkajou Night Walk
- Nighttime walking tour
- Guide
The night walk lasts approximately 1.5 hours, with return hotel transport included.
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Night wildlife walk with a local naturalist
- Professional local guide and naturalist
- HD optical gear
- Rechargeable eco-friendly flashlights
Trail admission is extra; transport is available as an add-on.
Check availability →Night walks with optics, entry or transfers
Choose an evening with hotel collection, a scope-and-photo walk or night-vision equipment in a group of up to eight.
Separate admission and transfer arrangements
For a straightforward hotel-to-forest evening, the Kinkajou option combines the journey with admission and guiding. Your collection is arranged at an agreed hotel in Monteverde. Keep that pickup in your schedule when planning dinner or the end of your daytime walk. Food and drinks are extra. The walk’s approximately 1.5-hour duration describes the nighttime activity, so leave additional room for your hotel journey.
The HD-optics walk begins at the night-tour refuge on Calle Los Camachos. Guiding in English or Spanish, scope use, flashlights, parking and digiscoping photos are included. Add the separate trail entrance to your budget, and select the transport add-on if you want that service. This combination suits visitors who value optical observation and a photograph through the scope alongside the guided explanation of the forest.
On the night-vision outing, the small-group format has a stated ceiling of eight people. Its included equipment supports a different way of looking into the forest. A naturalist specialising in nocturnal wildlife, a telescope, a small traditional snack and travel or accident insurance complete the listed services. Choose it for that equipment and group format. The accommodation-area guide helps you think through the location of your base when arranging an evening activity.
Wildlife watching with room for discovery
Wildlife observations depend on the animals and the conditions during your walk. The forests of Monteverde support species including Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth, but each outing has its own discoveries. Enjoy the search and the guide’s interpretation of the habitat as your evening unfolds. Looking carefully at leaves, branches and the forest floor gives the walk a focus even when animals remain concealed.
Keep to permitted trails and follow the guide’s directions. Wildlife guidance calls for quiet observation, distance and photography without flash. Leave laser pointers unused and avoid artificial calls, feeding or touching animals. Curi-Cancha’s house rules also prohibit taking plants or animals out of the reserve. Give others time to use shared optics without crowding the subject. For daytime habitats and bird-focused walks, see reserves and birdwatching.
Curi-Cancha as another evening setting
Curi-Cancha’s own reserved night walk runs from 17:30 to 19:30, lasts 2 hours and takes up to nine people. The listed price is 35 USD for adults and for its younger category of ages 5 to 20, with entry included and transport extra, as read on 11 November 2026. Reserve this guided visit in advance. For a child joining the group, use the specific night-visit participation arrangements when making the reservation.
Build your evening around the forest you have chosen and its reserved activity. Guided nighttime access follows its own visit arrangements. A daytime independent visit can be planned using the main-reserve guide, while guided day walks give you a natural-history introduction in daylight. Choosing a different time of day adds another dimension to the same mountain-forest landscape without needing to rush between activities.
Questions about your visit
Which evening walk includes hotel transport?
The Kinkajou forest walk includes hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance and guiding. The HD-optics walk offers transport as an add-on, with separate trail admission. Allow time for the journey when choosing an evening departure.
How many people join the night-vision experience?
The night-vision outing takes a maximum of eight people in a small-group format. Its services include a naturalist, night-vision visors, flashlights, telescope, a small traditional snack and travel or accident insurance.
How should I photograph wildlife at night?
Use the guide’s advice, keep a respectful distance and leave flash switched off. Stay on the permitted paths and allow animals space to move. Scope-based photography is included on the HD-optics walk, with the guide providing digiscoping images.