Finca Luna Nueva is a working farm of 127 acres, 25 minutes from La Fortuna, with a canopy tower and forest trails on its private reserve. A birder gets the treetops from a tower.
The lodge runs a tropical birding tour and reports more than 250 species on that reserve. A canopy tower puts a birder level with the crowns of the trees.
Arenal Volcano National Park is the next big stop, a short drive away, so a night here splits the Arenal region into two different mornings.
The lodge's page describes a 127-acre farm 25 minutes from La Fortuna, with a canopy tower, forest trails and a tropical birding tour reporting more than 250 species on its private reserve. It names no species and no guides.
Photo: Finca Luna Nueva Lodge
Arenal
So much variety! This will be a Birders Delight
★★★★★
A 127-acre farm near La Fortuna with a canopy tower, forest trails and a tropical birding tour that reports more than 250 species on its private reserve.
A short drive away at Arenal Volcano National Park, our park page names the Bare-necked Umbrellabird, Lovely Cotinga, Yellow-eared Toucanet, Keel-billed Toucan, Great Curassow, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron and White-necked Jacobin. These are the park's birds, not a list from the farm.
Ask the lodge's guide which of them also work from the tower.
| English | Scientific | Spanish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | Pájaro-sombrilla Cuellinudo | Regional endemic |
| Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | Cotinga Linda | |
| Yellow-eared Toucanet | Selenidera spectabilis | Tucancillo Orejiamarillo | |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Tucán Pico Iris | |
| Great Curassow | Crax rubra | Pavón Grande | |
| Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | Garza-Tigre Cuellinuda | |
| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | Jacobino Nuquiblanco |
The farm came first and the lodge grew out of it, which shapes the stay. Casitas, a dome, an earth-bag house and family bungalows are spread across the property among gardens and forest, most with a porch or deck and a hammock. Breakfast is a buffet, and lunch and dinner follow the week's harvest. Between meals there are trails through rainforest, farmland and a garden of more than 300 medicinal plants, a bird-watching platform and a bamboo tower. Afternoons are for the spa, the solar-heated jacuzzi or yoga, and after dark a guided night walk. It is warm here, about 75 to 88°F through the year.
Meals. farm-to-table restaurant cooking from the farm's harvest. Breakfast buffet included (FAQ); lunch and dinner by reservation. Vegan meals on request.
Perfect for: a birder travelling with a partner who wants yoga, a spa and food from the farm.
Birding Arenal Volcano National Park from the lodge next to it: the umbrellabird, cotingas and toucanets, the hanging bridges and our trips.
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