Hotel Bosque de Paz

Introduction

Hotel Bosque de Paz is a small, isolated and exclusive hotel tucked away in the middle of lush cloud forests in the outskirts of Bajo del Toro. Hotel Bosque de Paz offers clear mountain water pure air and typical warm Costa Rican hospitality in combination with a unique natural experience. Hotel Bosque de Paz is the ideal place for birders and photographers that like to be far away from everything and connect with the relaxed rhythm of nature. Hotel Bosque de Paz is located a few kilometers south of the small town of Bajos del Toro, west of the Poas Volcano and right on the continental divide of Costa Rica. From San José it will take about 1,5 hours by car to get to Hotel Bosque de Paz, passing by beautiful authentic rural Costa Rican scenery.

Facilities

Hotel Bosque de Paz offers 12 spacious nicely decorated rooms with Costa Rica art, nice wood- and ironwork. Each room has two double beds, private bathroom, and hot water. Wide balconies offer beautiful views to the forest. Of the 12 rooms there is 1 Junior Suite, 4 superior rooms, 6 standard rooms and one family suite above the restaurant with 3 rooms and 2 bathrooms.The dining room offers homemade meals of Costa Rican typical dishes, natural drinks, and premium coffee. The Restaurant offers a 180-degree angle view to the garden and the forest. Local beers can be asked upon request, but there is no bar. A communal living room with a sitting area has a TV, boardgames and a natural history library available for hotel guests. There is an well maintained extensive trail system of 15kms long going through their own privately owned cloud forest reserve of 386 hectares, giving easy access to beautiful bird habitat.

Birding and wildlife attractions

426 species of birds have been recorded at Hotel Bosque de Paz and the Bosque de Paz Biological Reserve according to Ebird. Bird photographers will enjoy the gardens of Hotel Bosque de Paz a lot because of the presence of very active feeders. Fruit feeders attract Tanagers and other fruit eating birds like Silver-throated and Bay-headed Tanagers but also the range-restricted Black Guan. Corn feeders attract other birds like Chestnut-capped Brush-finch and Yellow-thighed Finch and also some mammals including White-nosed Coati’s, Central American Agouti’s and at night even the rare Paca’s. At the hummingbird feeders you can expect Violet Sabrewing, Green-crowned Brilliant, Green Hermit, Purple-throated Mountain-gem, and sometimes Magentha-throated Woodstar and Black-bellied Hummingbird.

Target bird species

Black Guan: this is a big black fruit-eating bird with bright blue eye-ring and endemic for the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. It is seen easily in the forest and on the corn feeders in the gardens of Hotel Bosque de Paz
Collared Trogon: the Collared Trogon is a beautifully colored Trogon quite common in Costa Rica’s highlands and especially in the lower parts of the trails of the Bosque de Paz Reserve
Azure-hooded Jay: this beautiful and noisy jay occasionally accompany mixed species flocks in the forest but tend to be hard to see.
Resplendent Quetzal: this spectacular red-and-green iridescent bird sometimes can be seen in the Reserve, but it is not as common as the San Gerardo de Dota área.

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