Immerse yourself in one of the world's best places to photograph birds and wildlife: Costa Rica. Costa Rica is home to around 850 colorful bird species, as well as reptiles, butterflies, bats, insects, and mammals.
Our journey begins on November 8-16, 2024, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Priced $6,440 pp double occupancy
Supplement for those preferring a single room is $500
Regional Description
The areas within Costa Rica have been chosen by our local guide to focus on the less traveled area and behind the scenes places to focus on wildlife photography.
Visits to private gardens and bird feeding stations round out visits to cloud forest., jungle settings and the Northern Lowlands. The trip highlights Cerra del la Muerte and Querzalas National Parks, a river curise and a visit with a local family. These destination will enable the group maximize opportunities to photograph Resplented Quetzals. colorful birds, frogs, snakes, insects, and mammals such as sloths and monkeys.
Itinerary:
Day 1 Nov 8:
Arrive in San Jose and transfer to the hotel by private shuttle. Around 5:30 pm meet and greet for Happy Hour, a briefing on tomorrow's activities, and the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
Day 2 Nov 9:
Meet Alex and Jose and head out after breakfast to Cerra De la Muerte and Los Quetzales National Park to photograph the Resplendent Quetzales. Enjoy a hummingbird shoot in a private garden.
Back at the lodge, enjoy happy hour and fine-tune your
camera settings.
Day 3 Nov 10
Hike the trail on the property of Savegre Buena Vista.
Visit Batsu Gardens, a wonderful refuge for a variety of birds.
Happy hour and image review.
Day 4 Nov 11
Visit Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui in the northern lowlands and enjoy moderate hiking. You may encounter toucans, monkeys, and sloths and much more.
Lunch with a local family.
In the afternoon, visit the private Pierella Butterfly and Ecological Garden.
Happy hour and image review.
Day 5 Nov 12
After breakfast, we will take a half-day Boat Tour on the Sarapiqui River. During the tour you can expect to see Tortoise, herons, kingfishers, Howler Monkeys, American Crocodile, Emerald Basilisk and much more.
After Lunch: We spend the afternoon at Alberto Perez, locally known as Cope, is one of the most recognized self-taught natural history artists in Costa Rica.
Cope welcomes the group to his home, complete with special bird feeders for photography and close-up photography. Here, we will hopefully be able to photograph Bats in Flight.
Day 6 Nov 13
Today we go to Arenal for two days. on our way to Arenal area, we will stop at the Macaw Ranch to take up-close photos of Scalet and Green McCaw's , the largest of the parrot family. While the birds fly freely in a natural setting, they often preen their feathers for the camera at close range.
After arrival at our lodge and check-in we have the opportunity to photograph a variety of birds and animals including hummingbirds, colorful tanagers, toucans, coatis, agoutis, monkeys,
Happy Hour and image review.
Day 7 Nov 14
Today, we will explore some of the trails, visit a majestic waterfall, and visit the frog pond for red-eyed tree frogs and other types of frogs.
Day 8 Nov 15
The Bogarin Trail is a stunning 1.5-mile hike through the lush rainforest of the La Fortuna area, a great place to see Sloths. After the photoshoot, we will make our way back to San Jose, stopping along the way. A Farewell Dinner is included.
Day 9 Nov 16
Privat Transfer and assistance with check-in for departure to Home
Whats Included:
The package is all-inclusive,
* Including all meals except arrival night,
* All lodging, while on the tour.
* All transportation while on tour in a air-conditioned min- bus,
* Professional driver guide Jose,
* Photography instruction by Dennus Baum and Alex Arias.
* Snacks and bottled water while on the min-bus,
* Nightly 2 drink and appreziers during happy hour,
What not included:
* International airfare to and from San Jose, Costa Rica.
* Tips for guide and driver.
* Travel insurance and medical insurance
* Dinner arrival night.
* Laundry, Phone Call and Items of personal nature
This trip is limited to a small group 8 photographer (minium of 4) all photographer are welcome from just starting out to advanced.
What will be covered in the workshop:
* In field instruction and demonstration
* Image review of 3 to 5 of your images from the previous day during happy hour.
* Hummingbirds in flight using multiple flash and remote triggers. We have multiple flashes.
* Macro techniques for greater depth of field for frogs, insects, butterfies.
* Our camera settings for birds and wildlife.
* Hopefully, we will be able to photograph Bats a night.
* Composition, and knowing bird behavior to help you get better pictures.
* How to expose backlit subjects.
Testimonials
Dennus Baum has an outgoing, friendly, and very dynamic personality and is a great travel companion. He has a wealth of information and quickly recalls and relates this information based on the environment and situation. This is important because traveling with Dennus not only entaintaining and fun but also incredibly educational. In addition to his travel company offerings, Dennus is an exceptional and accomplished photographer. He can quickly and easily teach beginners and even help more advanced photographers with his wealth of photography knowledge, techniqueand skills. I highly recommend traveling with Dennus through Latitude Expeditions and with Dennus himself.
Mark B
Dennus Baum and Linda Shepro of Latitude Expeditions (www.latitudexp.com), put together a Photo Tour/Workshop of Costa Rica. Betty and I have been interested in visiting Costa Rica and this seemed to be the perfect opportunity. After a nanosecond of discussion, we said "Lets do it" and invited my daughter , Julia Reed to join us. We were excited to have this opportunity to share this adventure with Julia and have a chance to learn from Dennus, an experienced adventure traveler and excellent nature photographer. The photo tour was an exceptional opportunity to tour Costa Rica and visit some of the most wildlife rich areas of this beautiful country. Dennus was the perfect photo guide and instructor providing tremendous photo opportunities and sharing his years of photography expertise along the way. An unparalleled photography adventure.
Dan Orr
President, Dan Orr consulting
About
Dennus Baum is a travel photographer specializing in wildlife and birds, landscapes, underwater landscapes and marine life. His travels have taken him to Africa, Southeast Asia, North America, Latin America, Indonesia, Micronesia, the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, New Zealand, and Europe. Dennus pictures have been featured in Sports Diver, Baja Life, Rhino Books, Aspen Magazine, Latitude Expeditions Travel itineraries Rocio Del Mar Live Aboard, Imvelo Safari Lodges and the Seattle Aquarium. Dennus has led destination photographic workshops since 2003.
Alex Aries is our second instructor, expert guide, and certified naturalist. He grew up in Costa Rica. Alex is remarkable at finding birds and wildlife and pointing out their behavior. He is also an incredible photographer with an easy-going teaching style.
Deposit and Booking
A $2000 deposit is required to reserve your spot and the balance is due on September 1, 2024. You will reserve a secured link from Latitude Expeditions to make your deposit and final payment. Latitude Expeditions is a licensed and bonded travel/tour company in Carlsbad, California.
Once your spot is reserved, we will send you information for a suggested packing and photography gear list. Please reach out to me with any question regarding this trip. Email: Dennus@DennusBaumPhotography.com or Dennus@Latitudexp.com
Mobile Phone 206-949-0116 Call or Text.
To reserve your spot sent your full name as it is on your passport, to:
Email address to Linda@Latitudexp.com or Dennus@Latitudexp.com
or Dennus@DennusBaumPhotography.com
and your phone number.
Please include what camera brand and model you plan on bringing.
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Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the wonders of Costa Rica and hone your photography skills. text
