Costa Rica Herp Tours

Experience multi-day Herp Tours guided by experts. We offer individualized field excursions with flexible itineraries for private, small groups. Photograph live reptiles, explore tropical biology first-hand for the ultimate research support. Day and night hikes in lowland rainforest on the Pacific and Atlantic versants, montane wet forests, cloud forests and tropical dry forests in the Guanacaste region. We arrange lodging: first-class or frugal, you decide. Quetzal & Monica also offer their services as bilingual guides for herp expeditions in Cuba and Venezuela as well as throughout Costa Rica and Central America.

We take you where the reptiles are!

Animal Planet’s Snakemaster series, starring Austin Stevens, began airing in 2005 on Discovery Channel. The Costa Rica episode, filmed by UK based Tigress Productions, features a variety of snakes courtesy of Parque Reptilandia, including “Big Bertha” our giant female Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper).

Parque Reptilandia staff also worked behind the scenes for the Costa Rica filmed sequences of the new Jeff Corwin Experience. Also filmed by Tigress Productions in 2005.
Quetzal and Monica were once again invited to work with Tigress Productions on a quality educational program in January of 2006. Look for “Caught in the Moment” airing July 2006 on Discovery Channel, Animal Planet. The new series profiles Tristan Bayer and Vanessa Garnick, two up-and-coming filmmakers, as they travel the globe to capture unique glimpses of animal life. You'll see how they capture rare moments in the wild, from the courtship dances of Japanese cranes to the spectacle of 150,000 sea turtles nesting on a Costa Rican beach. Quetzal and Monica worked as field assistants with Director, Duncan Chad and Cameraman, Simon Niblett for the natural history filming of the giant Olive Ridley sea turtles nesting in Ostional, Costa Rica. It was awesome!

We are available as field assistants and animal handlers for film work involving reptiles. Our credits include the UK based company, Tigress Productions www.tigressproductions.co.uk; Spanish based Algogar Productions www.algogar.com , and the Belgian based company, Airborne Planet www.airborneplanet.net