Where can you see the Central American Spider Monkey?
Some of the best places to see the Central American Spider Monkey in the wild include Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica), Chagres National Park (Panama) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica) — among 16 wildlife hotspots across Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Arenal Volcano National Park
Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where a perfect cone of dark basalt rises 1,633 metres above rainforest canopy, Costa Rica’s most iconic volcano commands a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArrecifes de Cozumel National Park
San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico
+134 birds+21 mammals
Crystalline waters lap against the world’s second-longest coral barrier reef, where vibrant walls of living limestone plunge into the abyss. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBaru Volcano National Park
Cerro Punta, Panama
+146 birds+16 mammals
Where mist clings to volcanic slopes and cloud forest canopy rises above 3,500 metres, Panama’s highest peak dominates a landscape […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBraulio Carrillo National Park
Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Steep volcanic slopes plunge into misty valleys where primary tropical rainforest cloaks the landscape in unrelenting green. Rising from 2,000 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where rainforest canopy meets mountain spine, the Chagres River carves through some of Central America’s most pristine tropical wilderness. Spanning […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChirripó National Park
Rivas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Central American spine rises above the clouds, granite peaks puncture a realm of perpetual mist and montane forest. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCorcovado National Park
Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Rain hammers the canopy as moisture-laden clouds collide with the Osa Peninsula’s mountainous spine, birthing one of the planet’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuanacaste National Park
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where Pacific dry forest meets cloud-shrouded volcanic peaks, one of Costa Rica’s most biodiverse conservation areas unfolds across northwestern Guanacaste […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManuel Antonio National Park
Quepos, Costa Rica
+125 birds+30 mammals
White sand beaches curve between steep jungle walls where the Pacific laps against Costa Rica’s most biodiverse coastal sanctuary. Rainforest […]
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