Let’s go birdwatching in Costa Rica

Aratinga Tours is a small company offering personalized natural history and birding tours in Costa Rica. Pieter Westra, the owner is a Belgian biologist who has been living and birding in Costa Rica for more then 10 years. We love birds and will be happy to share our passion and knowledge with you.

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Our Most Popular Birding Tours

The most complete Costa Rica birding tour especially designed to see as much bird species as possible covering the most important birding habitat.

A itinerary especially designed for nature photography enthusiast with low pace and the exclusive small ecolodges and active bird feeders and hides.

Costa Rica birding tour focusing on the most important areas with endemic bids covering Talamanca highlands, South Pacific lowlands and the transitional zone.

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Get to know the best Costa Rica birding lodges... where you will be surrounded by nature and where you can start birding as soon as you walk out of your door...

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Our customer's feedback is essential in building a great reputation and maintaining excellent service. By listening to our customer's needs, we can improve our offerings and provide an exceptional travel experience.

  • star ratingBest trip of our life.  – Aratinga has some nice trips in its portfolio, but we asked Pieter Westra to adapt one of them somehow to what we would like to see and make the trip… read more

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    February 19, 2024

    star ratingFantastic Costa Rica Birding & Wildlife Trip  – Pieter set up the perfect Costa Rica birding & wildlife trip for me and my wife for the second straight year! He not only makes sure we have great guides,… read more

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    April 26, 2024

    star ratingGreat Personalized Tour and Excellent Birding Opportunity  – We worked with Aratinga/Pieter and combined elements from Birding Costa Rica’s 4 Ecozones and Eco Tour Costa Rica tours for a 25-day tour. We also spent several days pre-tour on… read more

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    August 8, 2023
  • star ratingGreat trip well organised  – I had looked at a lot of options for a a two week wildlife tour of Costa Rica and landed on Pieter of aratinga tours as offering best what we… read more

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    January 17, 2023

    star ratingBirding heaven  – Pieter Westra organized a tour for me–my second time! Wonderful birding, well-selected locations, lodges, and most of all, Pieter’s excellent care and attention to detail. Thank you, Pieter.

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    August 20, 2023

    star ratingAlways good – I had another wonderful tour organized by Pieter Westra. Wonderful guides, locations, accommodations, and perfect communication!

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    August 14, 2024

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United States of America

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