Monteverde Travel Guide

 blueskyjohn Says:  Selvatura Park is one of the best places to try zip lines through the jungle. They have 15 cable zip lines and 8 suspension bidges as well as a tree swing. I have taken my students here twice and they had a great time. 

 Helga67 Says:  This cloudforest is a private nature park. It was founded by Quaker families that came from the US to Costa Rica back in 1951.At the entrance you will receive a map on which all the trails are indicated. There are trails ranging from a few hundred meters to several... 

 mim95 Says:  Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the reason why ppl want to visit Monteverde. This famous reserve is actually not a national park, it is owned by a private, non-profit organization based in San Jose. At the entrance, there is a cafeteria that serves meals and snack. There... 

 mim95 Says:  There are numerous walking trails of various distance in the Monteverde Reserve. I highly recommand hiring a guide for a nature walk in the park. It is well worth the money as the guides have great knowledge of the area and can explain the fauna and flora, as well as... 

 mim95 Says:  I took a guided twilight walk in the Ecological Farm (Finca Ecologica). The view outside of the visitor center was truly amazing, as the sun was setting into the clouds. It was a two-hour guided walk along one of the four trails in the forest. It was very different from a... 

 dardila Says:  I recently traveled to Costa Rica with my College on a Latin American business environment trip. While we were there we took Spanish classes at Centro Panamericano de Idiomas (CPI). It was a great learning experience, not only from the Spanish classes but also from our... 

 frank_delargy Says:  When you are up near the canopy, you may see animals. You WILL see lots of vegetation. I heard somewhere that about 50% of the biomass is supposedly in the air plants alone!I think that because the zipline areas have more people (tourists) you are less likely to see larger... 

 blueskyjohn Says:  many tours can be found in Santa Elena for night hikes in Monteverde reserve. I found that Hidden Valley Trail is one of the best. Affordable with knowledgeable guides that know where all the animals are. It is an easy hike and flash lights are provided. Hikes usually start... 

 irinanyc Says:  A guided tour in the cloud forest was really a great experience. We have ordered a tour online through www.anywherecostarica.com/ website. The cost was $45 for adult. We have presented our vouchers at the entrance to the Reserve and were surprised it turned out to be a... 

 rhys55 Says:  This is a high-tech, high altitude, extreme and exhilarating version of the flying fox. Depending on the company you go with you traverse the forests at or above the tree-lines on nothing more than a harness and a cable (and good guides and instructors).This was the most fun... 

 Tom_In_Madison Says:  Nice restaurant designed around a butterfly theme. Upstairs just across from the big supermarket. Meal was very good, a veggie casado of salad, half a fried plantain, steamed veggies and of course rice & beans. I also had a very tasty lemonade. The bill includes the 10%... 

 Tom_In_Madison Says:  Everything seems to go to or from San Jose. I didn't want to spend all day on the road going back there and then on to the Pacific coast. The local cheap buses would have taken up at least a day, maybe more. Flying back would have taken 2 days because of the timing. So I had... 

 Tom_In_Madison Says:  Beware. When taking the jeep-boat-jeep to Monteverde(actually Santa Elena), the driver will arrive in Monteverde and pull over. An ‘owner’ of a local hotel will probably be there, and give you a great deal on a few rooms she has left. For one, it probably isn’t her hotel,...