Real Experiences
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Photographers from around the world have joined our Costa Rica adventures—and returned home inspired, fulfilled, and creatively recharged. But don’t just take our word for it.
Read real stories from fellow photographers who experienced the discovery, learning, and artistic inspiration that define every journey with Physis.
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Outstanding experience
Thank you very much for the phenomenal journey in November 2025! Over the course of three weeks, we enjoyed outstanding experiences and sightings without a single critical situation. The support and guidance were consistently friendly and highly professional; accommodation and catering were authenti...
Gerhard Staudacher
Outstanding experience
Thank you very much for the phenomenal journey in November 2025! Over the course of three weeks, we enjoyed outstanding experiences and sightings without a single critical situation. The support and guidance were consistently friendly and highly professional; accommodation and catering were authentic to the country, solid yet comfortable.
Our private small-group tour (6 participants) was a complete success, with well over 200 species observed, including approximately 180 bird species—various hummingbirds, quetzals, kingfishers, jabirus, motmots, owls, raptors, resident and migratory birds, and much more—as well as bats, reptiles and frogs, coatis, sloths, tapirs, and egg-laying turtles.
For each day, Andy had organized one to two highlights—all of them exciting, regardless of whether it rained or not.
We relaxed thoroughly and returned home with many thousands of photographs, some of them truly spectacular. When we look at the best of these again and again, we relive the journey and continue to rave about Costa Rica.
We can highly recommend traveling with Physis and tour guide Andy Bezara—it was outstanding.
Gerhard Staudacher, Aachen, Germany
Gerhard Staudacher
Experience of a lifetime photographing wildlife in Costa Rica
If you’re looking for the experience of a lifetime photographing wildlife in Costa Rica, wildlife expert Andy Bazara of Physis Photo Tours is the one man you want to be with. Andy’s business was built by photographers for photographers.
He’ll help you design the kind of tour that exactly suits your nee...
Roger Pare
Experience of a lifetime photographing wildlife in Costa Rica
If you’re looking for the experience of a lifetime photographing wildlife in Costa Rica, wildlife expert Andy Bazara of Physis Photo Tours is the one man you want to be with. Andy’s business was built by photographers for photographers.
He’ll help you design the kind of tour that exactly suits your needs, make all the reservations for your stay, take care of transportation and all other logistic details, and accompany you on all photo sessions so that all you really have to do is take photos. Incredible photos! My wife and I travelled with Andy for five days.
Here’s a partial list of the wildlife we photographed with him and the local guides he works with: Amazon Kingfisher Anhinga Bairds Tapir Baltimore Oriole Bananaquit Barred Antshrike Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Black-cheeked Woodpecker Black-collared Hawk Black-headed Trogon Blue-gray Tanager Boat-billed Heron Brown-throated Sloth Buff-throated Saltator Capuchin Monkey Cattle Egret Central American Agouti Chestnut-headed Oropendola Clay-colored Thrush Collared Aracari Common Basilisk Crimson-collared Tanager Crimson-fronted Parakeet Fasciated Tiger-Heron Fer-de-lance Fruit Bat Geoffreys Spider Monkey Glossy Ibis Gold-hooded Tanager Gray-headed Kite Great Black Hawk Great Blue Heron Great Curassow Great Egret Great Green Macaw Great Kiskadee Green Eyelash Viper Green Heron Green Honeycreeper Green Iguana Green Kingfisher Green-black Poison Dart Frog Hoffmanns Woodpecker Howler Monkey Keel-billed Motmot Keel-billed Toucan King Vulture Leaf Cutter Ants Lesser Anteater Little Blue Heron Long-billed Hermit Melodious Blackbird Montezuma Oropendola Northern Jacana Olive-throated Parakeet Orange-chinned Parakeet Palm Tanager Peregrine Falcon Pinnated bittern Plain Chachalaca Purple Gallinule Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat Pygmy Kingfisher Rainforest Hognosed Viper Red-eyed Tree Frog Red-legged Honeycreeper Ringed Kingfisher Roadside Hawk Roseate Spoonbill Rufous-backed Wren Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Scarlet-rumped Tanager Shining Honeycreeper Slaty-tailed Trogon Snowy Egret Social Flycatcher Spectacled Caiman Strawberry Poison-dart Frog Striped Owl Summer Tanager Tapir Valley Tree Frog Tropical Kingbird Turquoise-browed Motmot Variable Cracker Variegated Squirrel Violet-headed Hummingbird White Ibis White-collared Manikin White-crowned Parrot White-lined Tanager White-necked Jacobin White-nosed Coati Wood Stork Yellow Eyelash Viper Yellow-crowned Euphonia Yellow-throated Euphonia Yellow-throated Toucan
Roger Pare
Perfect photo tour
Our wish was to photograph various wildlife (birds, mammals, reptiles, insects) in Costa Rica during three weeks. We quickly gave up organizing this ourselves. But we didn’t want a group trip. We found the perfect solution with Andy Bezara from Physis Photo Tours.
He has organized a wonderful photo t...
Erika Saner
Perfect photo tour
Our wish was to photograph various wildlife (birds, mammals, reptiles, insects) in Costa Rica during three weeks. We quickly gave up organizing this ourselves. But we didn’t want a group trip. We found the perfect solution with Andy Bezara from Physis Photo Tours.
He has organized a wonderful photo trip for the two of us, off the beaten path. Andy was by our side the whole time and made sure we could fully enjoy every moment and we didn’t have to worry about anything. And thanks to his network of local guides, we had countless wonderful photo subjects.
Thank you Andy, it was awesome.
Erika Saner
It was a fantastic trip
I had been meaning to take my father on a photography tour in Costa Rica for some time. Organization was slightly last minute, and yet Andy (who heads Physis Photo Tours) and Physis were fantastic.
We had a zoom meeting to discuss our options for subjects and locations for the time of year we were p...
Kenny Taubenslag
It was a fantastic trip
I had been meaning to take my father on a photography tour in Costa Rica for some time. Organization was slightly last minute, and yet Andy (who heads Physis Photo Tours) and Physis were fantastic.
We had a zoom meeting to discuss our options for subjects and locations for the time of year we were planning to visit (as well as lenses and equipment), and he took into account our preferences for species and locations and also made recommendations to craft a personalized itinerary.
Juan who picked my father up from the airport and who was our driver for the week was so kind. Guides, from the folks at the The Nest Nature Center in Aguas Zarcas where they are reclaiming an area of farmland and transforming it into habitat that is more suitable for native fauna, to the fantastic guide in Boca Tapada to our guides near Sarapiqui and Limon were fantastic.
My father and I were floored by the species we were able to photograph in great settings, from multiple species of toucan, to mannequins, to owls and king vulture, to multiple species of hummingbirds, to bats and reptiles. Andy is a photographer and many of our guides were photographers, and I think they really cater to situations and set-ups that are optimal for photography, not just for seeing wildlife or birding per se.
As Andy lives in Costa Rica they partner with local guides and businesses who know the areas and the animal well and who were incredibly welcoming, sometimes into their own back-yards and properties.
It was a fantastic trip, and I can’t complement their professionalism and expertise enough. Physis is highly recommended and we are excited to come back soon as well.
Kenny Taubenslag
Amazing photo tour!
Andy and his team did a tremendous job.
They were timely, organized, efficient and got us a wide variety of wildlife photography in great locations. Would not hesitate to use them again. On top of their effectiveness, Andy and Juan are really nice people and fun to travel with.
Doug Rahn
Amazing photo tour!
Andy and his team did a tremendous job.
They were timely, organized, efficient and got us a wide variety of wildlife photography in great locations. Would not hesitate to use them again. On top of their effectiveness, Andy and Juan are really nice people and fun to travel with.
Doug Rahn
Andy regularly created exceptional photo opportunities
From initial exploration of a tour for just two of us through to the final day leaving Costa Rica Andy was exceptionaly helpful and attentive.
Knowledgeable, friendly and extremely well connected throughout Costa Rica Andy regularly created exceptional photo opportunities resulting in beautiful imag...
Paul Williams
Andy regularly created exceptional photo opportunities
From initial exploration of a tour for just two of us through to the final day leaving Costa Rica Andy was exceptionaly helpful and attentive.
Knowledgeable, friendly and extremely well connected throughout Costa Rica Andy regularly created exceptional photo opportunities resulting in beautiful images and experiences. We highly recommend booking with Andy if you’re planning to visit this beautiful and welcoming country.
Paul Williams
Lifetime of fabulous memories
I just returned from an 8-day trip with Andy, and I loved every minute of it. He is a wealth of knowledge and easy to be with. He made sure that I saw everything, and he tailored the entire trip to my exact liking. I can’t recommend him enough. Let Andy show you his beautiful country, and you will h...
Elizabeth Tarr
Lifetime of fabulous memories
I just returned from an 8-day trip with Andy, and I loved every minute of it. He is a wealth of knowledge and easy to be with. He made sure that I saw everything, and he tailored the entire trip to my exact liking. I can’t recommend him enough. Let Andy show you his beautiful country, and you will have a lifetime of fabulous memories and pictures!
Elizabeth Tarr
Costa Rica photographic trip
Incredible and moving trip. Physis put together a tailor made experience that exceeded our expectations – both photographically but also showing the very best of Costa Rica.
Gary Lloyd
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