In this article we share a gallery of wildlife images taken by tour leader Oliver Smart on our Costa Rica - A Wildlife Photography Tour holiday.

Costa Rica – A Wildlife Photography Tour – A Gallery By James Warren Operations Assistant7th May 2026 Email James Few countries on Earth offer such an intense wildlife experience as Costa Rica. Despite its small size (just 0.1% of the world’s landmass), it contains an astonishing 5% of all known biodiversity. This natural abundance stems, in large part, from Costa Rica’s remarkably varied habitats, from dazzling Pacific and Caribbean beaches, through lush lowland jungles and marshes, to the mist-cloaked cloud forests and alpine paramo of the country’s mountain spine. An impressive 25% of these ecosystems is formally protected, providing refuge for Costa Rica’s 950 recorded bird species, 250 mammals, 400 reptiles and amphibians, over 12,000 plants, and hundreds of thousands of fascinating insects (many of which are yet to be scientifically described). Below we present a small selection of the photographs taken by tour leader Oliver Smart on our Costa Rica – A Wildlife Photography Tour in April 2026. To view the images larger, please click on the crosshairs in the centre of each image. + Montezuma Oropendola © Oliver Smart + Talamanca Hummingbird © Oliver Smart + Fasciated Tiger Heron © Oliver Smart + Yellow-throated Toucan © Oliver Smart + Sunbittern © Oliver Smart + Talamanca Hummingbird © Oliver Smart + Red-eyed Tree Frog © Oliver Smart + Pallas's Long-tongued Bat © Oliver Smart + Acorn Woodpecker © Oliver Smart + Golden-browed Chloroponia & Blue-grey Tanager © Oliver Smart + Red-capped Manakin © Oliver Smart + King Vulture © Oliver Smart + Brown-hooded Parrot © Oliver Smart + Lesser Violetear © Oliver Smart + Eyelash Viper © Oliver Smart + Rose-breasted Grosbeak © Oliver Smart + Hairy Woodpecker © Oliver Smart + Spangle-cheeked Tanager © Oliver Smart + Green Thorntail © Oliver Smart + Central American Pygmy Owl © Oliver Smart For more details on the tour, please follow the button below: Tour info