We close the year the way a lot of photographers open their wish list, tropical colour over the festive period, or Europe’s rarest cat in an entirely different palette to summer. Here’s what’s on.
Why does Costa Rica run in December?
Ultimate Costa Rican Wildlife & Essential Costa Rican Wildlife both run this month for anyone who wants tropical colour over the festive period, basilisk lizards, blue jeans poison dart frogs & toucans all still productive at this point in the dry season.
Spend the festive period building a tropical portfolio
Ultimate Costa Rican Wildlife gives you toucans, tree frogs & hummingbirds against genuine rainforest, right through December.
Explore our Ultimate Costa Rican Wildlife holiday
Why is December a completely different Iberian lynx trip to July?
Iberian Lynx of the Spanish Winter gives you the same rare Iberian lynx as our summer departure but in an entirely different palette, cooler light, sparser scrub, a genuinely different portfolio from the same species rather than a repeat of the same images.
Should I book the summer or winter Iberian lynx trip?
Whichever season’s palette appeals more, since the access & photographic approach are equally strong on both. Some photographers deliberately do both across different years specifically to build two genuinely different bodies of work around the same species.
Which of these December trips should you choose?
Choose Costa Rica if tropical colour & volume over the festive period is what you’re after. Choose the Iberian lynx in winter for a cooler, sparser take on Europe’s rarest cat.
Tropical colour to close the year in Costa Rica, or a rare European predator in winter light, both trips make a strong final month.
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