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Explore Caribbean

Costa Rica’s Caribbean region brings together coastal communities, rainforest and winding waterways. From Tortuguero to Cahuita and Puerto Viejo, discover wildlife alongside Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous cultural heritage. Explore at a thoughtful pace, respect local guidance and discover how small choices can care for both community and nature.

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Honduran White Bat

A tiny fruit-eating bat that shelters beneath leaves shaped into tents.

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Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

A slow-moving leaf eater whose fur can blend with the green canopy.

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Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth

An arboreal mammal with two foreclaws and a slow digestive system.

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Baird’s Tapir

Costa Rica’s largest land mammal has a flexible snout and an important forest role.

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Jaguar

A powerful spotted cat that depends on habitat and healthy prey populations.

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Tayra

An agile forest mammal with a dark body and often paler head.

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Great Curassow

A large forest bird with a curled crest and contrasting male and female plumage.

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Great Green Macaw

A green forest giant whose future depends on large nesting trees.

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Three-wattled Bellbird

Listen for a remarkable call high above the cloud-forest trail.

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Bare-necked Umbrellabird

An elusive forest bird with a striking crest and important seed-dispersal role.

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White Hawk

A pale forest raptor that watches patiently for prey.

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Sunbittern

A streamside bird whose patterned wings reveal a hidden surprise.

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