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Costa Rica
Two coasts, cloud forest and rainforest in a country you can cross in a day. 17 animals, 16 towns, local guides for each.
- 17
- ANIMALS
- 12
- TOWNS
- Costa Rica · live
- Ecuador · soon
- Colombia · soon
Pick theanimal.
Then book a local guide who specialises in it. Every guide shows their record, checks and reviews.
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Founded by Lior, finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards and Wildlife Photographer of the Year.Founded by Lior, wildlife guide from Guanacaste and finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards and Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
COSTA RICA
Tours from local guides
Multi-day trips, day tours and private tours, each run by a local wildlife guide.
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INTO SOMETHING SPECIFIC?
Specialist tours
Small groups led by guides who focus on one thing and know it well.
Diving and snorkel
15 tours · from $45Birding
41 tours · from $55Night walks
38 tours · from $40Boat and river
33 tours · from $40
Diving and snorkel
15 tours · from $45Birding
41 tours · from $55Night walks
38 tours · from $40Boat and river
33 tours · from $40
Swipe for diving, birding, night walks and boats →
HOW LYFERR WORKS
Three steps,no guesswork.
Lyferr does not run tours. Local guides and operators do. We list them animal by animal, so you can book the one with the record.
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Pick the animal and the month
See the odds, the best place and the best time of day for each animal.
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Compare the guides for it
Listed with their checks, verified reviews and record with that animal.
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Book with a 25% deposit
The price you see is the full price. The rest is paid before the trip.
THIS OCTOBER · COSTA RICA
What is out,and the odds.
The four animals with the best odds this month. Guides' estimates, checked against eBird and iNaturalist.
MULTI-ANIMAL TRIPS
Pick one animal.See what else is in range.
Most trips are built around one animal. Here is what else lives within a realistic drive, so one trip can cover several.
Resplendent quetzal: overview, 5 nearby animals
CHOOSE YOUR COUNTRY
Three countries,one way of comparing guides.
- Live nowExplore Costa Rica
Coming soonEcuador
Cloud-forest hummingbirds, the Chocó and the Amazon. First guides are being vetted.
Tell me when it opens
Pilot openColombia
Andean bear in the páramo above Bogotá. The pilot page is open now; guides and more animals follow.
Meet the Andean bear
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COSTA RICA LIVE · ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA NEXT · SAME RULES
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Questions people ask first
On Lyferr, search the species you want to see. We show the guides who list it as a specialty, with the regions and months they work it, so you can send an inquiry to the one who fits your trip.
It is how often a guide has actually found a given species, confirmed by two-sided proof: the guide’s geotagged, timestamped photo and the traveler’s confirmation, cross-checked against public occurrence data. That is what Lyferr is built to rank on. No guide has one yet — we are still signing up the first guides, so what you see today is their own account of the species they work.
No. Wildlife is wild, and no honest guide guarantees a sighting. Lyferr exists to improve your odds, not promise an outcome — by putting you with a guide who works that animal, in the right place, in the right month.
Lyferr launches in Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth and a top destination for wildlife photography. We focus on a single country first so the guide network runs deep rather than thin. More countries will follow.
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