Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in Central America

You'll take guided boat tours through Tortuguero National Park's freshwater channels to photograph green ibises, keel-billed toucans, river otters, and crocodiles. Walk across the 98-metre-long Tyra Bridge suspended in Arenal's rainforest canopy for great views of the cloud forest below. Puerto Viejo de Limon offers colorful Caribbean coastal scenes, and Cahuita National Park has crystal-clear coral reefs full of tropical fish.

You'll get amazing shots at Tikal National Park, a UNESCO site where 575 square kilometers of jungle hide thousands of Maya ruins from 900 BC. Head to Lake Yaxha in Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park for sunset photography, and while you're there, you can photograph spider monkeys, river turtles, and exotic birds.

You'll photograph traditional mascaradas in Escazú and spot wildlife along Tortuguero National Park's canals, where Jesus Christ Lizards and migratory birds make great subjects. At a cacao farm you'll document chocolate-making, then capture colorful scenes at Quepos farmers' market before heading to Monteverde's Hanging Bridges to shoot layered cloud forest views.

You'll get great photo opportunities at Semuc Champey's stepped turquoise pools and the towering Mayan pyramids of Tikal in the Petén rainforest. Chichicastenango Market offers vibrant indigenous culture shots—it's one of the largest authentic markets in the Americas—and there's colorful textiles to photograph in San Juan La Laguna during a village tour. Lake Atitlán's volcano-rimmed waters and Antigua's colonial architecture during a walking tour round out the highlights.