Esteban Mendez
Esteban is a native of Monteverde Costa Rica where he was born and raised.
Since he was a little kid, he's has been fascinated with nature being raised very close to the Monteverde cloud forest where the birds used to wake him up each morning.
When he finished high school he knew what he wanted to do, he chose to study something related to nature so he went to school to be a naturalist tour guide.
He also had the opportunity to study english at an american learning institute to increase his language skills, be able to speak, read, write and understand the language very well
Esteban has worked as a naturalist tour guide for over 22 years for many renowned tourism companies , travel agencies, environmental organizations among others doing birding trips, science, leading birding, nature and night walks, coordinating tropical biology courses, research, conservation and itineraries for customized trips and training new bird guides.
He is certified as a professional bilingual birding and nature specialized - tour guide by the Costa Rican tourism board license number 863.
Esteban has birded several countries including Mexico, Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Unided States among others and has birded extensibly all over Costa Rica where he is one of the top notch bird guides with almost 850 bird species and with over 1500 bird species on his lifelist.
Esteban also runs birding tours in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
When he is not guiding, he likes to bird other countries in search of new birds to his bird life list that is now about 1500 bird species. During his free time he likes to ride his motorcicle, play with his dogs and spend quality time with friends and family.
Esteban is a native of Monteverde Costa Rica where he was born and raised.
Since he was a little kid, he's has been fascinated with nature being raised very close to the Monteverde cloud forest where the birds used to wake him up each morning.
When he finished high school he knew what he wanted to do, he chose to study something related to nature so he went to school to be a naturalist tour guide.
He also had the opportunity to study english at an american learning institute to increase his language skills, be able to speak, read, write and understand the language very well
Esteban has worked as a naturalist tour guide for over 22 years for many renowned tourism companies , travel agencies, environmental organizations among others doing birding trips, science, leading birding, nature and night walks, coordinating tropical biology courses, research, conservation and itineraries for customized trips and training new bird guides.
He is certified as a professional bilingual birding and nature specialized - tour guide by the Costa Rican tourism board license number 863.
Esteban has birded several countries including Mexico, Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Unided States among others and has birded extensibly all over Costa Rica where he is one of the top notch bird guides with almost 850 bird species and with over 1500 bird species on his lifelist.
Esteban also runs birding tours in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
When he is not guiding, he likes to bird other countries in search of new birds to his bird life list that is now about 1500 bird species. During his free time he likes to ride his motorcicle, play with his dogs and spend quality time with friends and family.
