For your vacations in Costa Rica for birdwatching and ecotourism, Hotel de Campo Caño Negro is the answer to your wishes. It is located in Costa Rica, at the #1 wildlife and birdwatching spot: the National Wildlife Refuge of Caño Negro.
This Eco-Lodge hotel is developed over a reforested area of 5 Ha: as a result over 20 years work we have created a birding and photography spot, in front of the lagoon.
Therefore, when you are planning your vacations in Costa Rica, this is the place where you want to stay when you are looking for a hotel that gives you all. Enjoy the experience of the real deal of Ecotourism.
Hotel de Campo became a private protected area, that gives you the possibility for birdwatching all year around without even moving from the hotel. Is a true birding and wildlife zone.
This private protected area, establish a natural crossing path between two majors lagoons of Caño Negro. As a result, this Eco Lodge Hotel became well known as one of the best spot for Ecotourism, birdwatching and photography in Costa Rica.
Hotel de Campo, offers 16 comfortable rooms, with private bathroom, A/C, safe box, ceiling fan, surrounded by our botanical tropical garden.
When the afternoon is hot, relax yourself at the pool. Always surrounded by the tropical botanical garden, birds and monkey.
You can choose from a large variety of typical and Italian dishes. We purchase most of the ingredients from local farmer in order to support local economy. For us it is very important to find organic products for healthy meal.
Hotel de Campo, is one of the only few hotels in Costa Rica, that are built inside a botanical garden. In order to complete your Vacations in Costa Rica birdwatching and ecotourism experiences, we develop over the years an open air botanical garden.
Our botanical garden represents many things for us. Our passion for the plants, generations of knowledge about local flora and fauna, and engagement in conservation and protection of this beautiful nature and wildlife.
The project began about 20 years ago on a ground of 5ha. By now, we successfully grew 200 different species of plants, natives among exotics, fruit trees, medicinal, timber and ornamental plants. This reforestation project continues with native plants as a priority.
We have seen each one of the trees growing, admired their first flowers and enjoyed their fruits. In the same way, we have felt the satisfaction to see a lot of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles arriving for food and rest, feeling safe and at home in our garden.
The botanical garden is not only about plants, orchids, fruit trees. But it is also about the conservation of the nature in Costa Rica.
As we plant new species, we think about which kind of butterflies, hummingbirds, frogs, birds, monkeys, and so on, will be living in it, will reproduce in this environment.
Our botanical garden is today the home of dozen of species of animals.
Vacations in Costa Rica for Ecotourism: Our Ecological boat tours are designed for those who likes nature and want to see all. Take a ride around Caño Negro Refuge, ideal for nature lover. We organize the boat tour as your request. What would you like to see more? Monkeys? birds? caimans? .
When yours Vacations in Costa Rica are all about birdwatching, this is the tour thought-out for you.
The tour is organized based on what kind of birds you want to see and/or photograph, in relation with the season and weather. A really nice private tour planned for birder and/or photographer. Depending on the season, this tour can include boat and walking.
A community tour designed for everybody. A short walk into our private forest, or at the lagoon during the dry season. The night tour begin just after dinner. Feel the night in a safety environment, to spot frogs, some sleeping birds, reptiles and few interesting insects.
Enjoy a fishing days with your friends. Fly Fishing, casting or a relaxing bait fishing, for tarpon, alligator gar, bass, machaca… Pick your favorite technic, and let’s go fishing.
We also organize special fishing morning for families with kids.
Get in real touch with nature paddling around Caño Negro, and depending on the season, we go hiking.
What can you expect about your vacations in Costa Rica for birdwatching and ecotourism?
With some regularity, we post new information about specific topics you can observes around the year. Every season has is own beauty.
Birds, mammals, butterflies, reptiles, change their behavior around the year. Weather, is an important element for the ecosystem of Caño Negro. And all the animal will adapt to the change.
If you have any questions about what you can observe in Caño Negro, please write to us.
Birding with Italian paisano, a fun experience even if the weather was against us. The first week of December and a sudden light tropical storm arrive in Caño Negro for a few days. Beside the wheater, we could catch 2 clear afternoons with an amazi...
Birds of prey in Costa Rica. Caño Negro wetland is a place you must visit. Birds of prey are spotted all year around. Your birding day may include the very common Roadside Hawk, Snail kite, Osprey, Black-collared Hawk, Peregrin Falcon, Crested carac...
Caño Negro Wetland is the right place to practice canoe or kayak. If you are a person that really likes to be more in touch with nature, the canoe or kayak tour is just for you. All year around we can visit places that you cannot visit by boat. You ...
Caño Negro Refuge is not only about birds. It is also about Anteater (or antbear) monkeys, butterflies, frogs, orchids. If you can't find a subject on this list, please ask. During June and July, we could spot on a few occasions a gorgeous lesser a...
We recently have the visit of Greg Lavaty, a Texas birding photographer, with Linda Murdock and Bill. They spend a couple of nights at Hotel de Campo. It was a pleasure birding with them. They arrive in the afternoon of a September's tour for B...
Birding Trogon in Costa Rica - The Trogons of Caño Negro. Birding in Costa Rica, at the Refuge of Caño Negro, is also about trogons. Actually, you can spot and pictures the Black-headed and the Slaty tails trogon in the botanical garden of Hotel...
