Toucan spotting

Wildlife around Jacó

The hostel's Instagram has shared toucans around Playa Jacó — keep your eyes up.

On the hostel's Instagram A place the hostel has filmed and recommends — not a hostel product.

A chestnut-mandibled toucan perched on a bare branch against a clear blue sky.

One of the hostel's reels shows toucans, tagged "Hostel de Haan, playa Jacó". Wildlife is wild, so sightings are never guaranteed — but it pays to look up.

For more birds and animals, Carara National Park and the Tárcoles River are nearby.

What to expect

Chance encounters, never guaranteed
Birds in the trees around town
Nearby parks for more wildlife

Who it suits

Anyone with patience and a camera.

What to bring

Camera or phone with zoom
Binoculars
Patience

Worth knowing

Watch from a distance and never feed wild animals.

The Tárcoles River seen from above, a sandbank on the left and trees on the right bank.

Nearby

On the hostel's Instagram

Tárcoles River

A short drive from the hostel, the Tárcoles bridge is famous for its giant crocodiles.

Local suggestion

Carara National Park

A national park famous for birdlife — especially the scarlet macaw — on the road between Tárcoles and Jacó.

Sunset over the bay of Jacó seen from a forested hillside, palms in the foreground.