Meet nocturnal animals by torchlight

After nightfall the rainforest around Puerto Jiménez comes alive. In the light of your headlamp, damp leaves and animal eyes gleam. By the stream you spot glass frogs, while red-eyed tree frogs sit on broad leaves. The guide points out eyelash vipers draped over low branches and blunthead tree snakes along the path. With luck, kinkajou climb through the canopy and sloths rest among the branches. Tent-making bats hang under folded leaves. You can observe scorpions and whip spiders on trunks and roots.

The tour usually starts around 6pm. The meeting point is a restaurant or café in Puerto Jiménez. After a short drive you reach a private reserve on the edge of Corcovado National Park a few kilometres outside town. You walk in a small group on flat, sometimes muddy paths and cross small streams. Headlamps are provided. Transport can be organised if needed.