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MONTE SKY RESERVE & TAPANTI NATIONAL PARK & LIST 
COSTA RICA

Region (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (21st-22nd & 30-31st January, 2005)

 

Birding Site Guide

These 2 reserves were reached from the town of Orosi where there were several places to stay. I stayed at a cheap hostal called Montana Linda (Dorm $6.50). Orosi is within easy reach of San Jose. First take a bus to Cartago from the Sacsa terminal in the South of the San Jose which take just 45 minutes and leave often. The bus from Cartago to Orosi leaves every half hour and also takes 45 minutes. I stayed in Orosi twice. On my first visit, the Tapanti National Park had been cut off by a land slide so I visited the nearby Monte Sky reserve. The road had been cleared by my second visit. Monte Sky was up a steep gravel road through coffee plantations about half way to Tapanti. It was a right turning and well signed. Tapanti is 12km from town. There is no public transport but some buses go as far as Purisil (just after Monte Sky). It is easy to hitch a ride with friendly locals the rest of the way. Otherwise a taxi can be hired in Orosi (about 2000 colons per person in a group) all the way to Tapanti. Arrange a time to be picked up with the taxi driver. Many birds can be seen in the coffee plantations between Orosi and the reserves. From the turning to Monte Sky it is a long walk up a steep hill. This has good birding as does the reserve. Tapanti has several trails and a long central road. Black Guan was seen at Monte Sky but Blue-and-gold Tanager and Red-fronted Parrotlet were not seen at Tapanti. I saw 121 species including 24 lifers.

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Species seen 


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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