Top Things to do in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
9 Things to do Good for Big Groups in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica including Jean Carlo Tours, Breathing Nature Costa Rica, Rafael Elizondo Nature Tours, Finca Modelo Ecologica, TropicAves, Chorotega Arts & Crafts, Nature Kingdom, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Monteverde Morning Walk.
1. Jean Carlo Tours
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5.0 based on 154 reviews
I am a certified guide by the ICT and have 8+ years of experience in Monteverde, including Coffee Tours, Birdwatching, Night Tours, Natural History Walks and more. Each guided tour will include the use of professional equipment, such as an optical telescope, binoculars and magnifying glasses to better help find and view wildlife.
2. Breathing Nature Costa Rica
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
Monteverde Breathing Nature Costa Rica Tours with your tour guide Andres Soto will take you to another perspective of the Cloud Forest with a Natural History Walk, Bird Watching, Wild Night Walk and Suspension Bridges Tour Walk.
3. Rafael Elizondo Nature Tours
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5.0 based on 129 reviews
We offer tours in the area of Monteverde, collective or privated, allowing the visitors to enjoy the Nature and beauty of the town.
4. Finca Modelo Ecologica
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5.0 based on 252 reviews
Our Adventure Company Tours will take you to the best experience of tours, the Canyoning Tour Monteverde, our new Attraction TreeTop Climbing Monteverde (Climbing a Ficus tree of 132 feet tall) and our Night Walk Tour with climbing the ficus tree with lights inside and after tour a dinner. Visit our web site for more information, promotions and bookings.
5. TropicAves
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
TropicAves is an owner-operated company that offers guided, customized nature tours for an authentic adventure in tropical paradise. We offer the ULTIMATE guide and transportation package- completely dedicated to every detail of your trip, and committed to making your dreams a reality. Come and experience the magic that nature has to offer you! We offer short day hikes, full-day tours, AND customized, longer-term vacation packages for families and study abroad groups. Your bilingual naturalist guide Alexa Stickel has over 5 years of experience guiding and field instructing all over Costa Rica. She is passionate, knowledgeable, and fun! Also very versatile--she is an excellent facilitator and has guided people of all different age groups, physical conditions, abilities, and interests. This includes older retired couples, students from middle school to college age, and families with small children. TropicAves is based in Monteverde. Already in the area? Check out our all-inclusive Monteverde Day tour options. : All day trips include park entrance fees, bilingual naturalist guide, and transportation. 4 person minimum.
6. Chorotega Arts & Crafts
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5.0 based on 22 reviews
The Chorotega Arts & Crafts museum is located near the Monte Verde District. The history of the Chorotega Tribe is shared with visitors from around the world on a daily basis. The Chorotega Tribe has used ancient environmentally friendly techniques to create outstanding master pieces for over 4,000 years. These unique and beautiful creations are made on location right at this museum for everyone to see and learn about the Chorotegas. Visitors may join a hands on activity in the heart of the San Rafael community, Guanacaste. Learn, watch and create your own master piece using Chorotega style techniques with Marcelo Oliveira, the expert behind this small museum. Time travel is possible when you visit the Chorotega Arts & Craft exhibit and experience art inspired by nature in a very "old" fashion way.
Reviewed By ElisabethH2058
This place is amazing. Beautiful pottery and with nice prices. He also showed us the process for making pottery. Each piece takes many days to complete. Absolutely must stop here. Don't need 1-2 hours. We were there for 20 minutes.
7. Nature Kingdom
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5.0 based on 44 reviews
We are experience in nature ... Do you want a private tour with great experience? Come and enjoy our attention knowing one of the most visited places in Costa Rica and Monteverde is a paradise full of wealth.
8. Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
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4.5 based on 3,616 reviews
Reviewed By Travels-with-Claire
Without doubt the most popular of the Nature Reserves in the Monteverde area, this park boasts a variety of user friendly trails that can be hiked within 4 or 5 hours at best. Of course you can hike fewer trails for a shorter visit. Unlike the Santa Elena park, I found the trails here to be much easier. They tend to fall into three general categories (photos attached for all three): the popular Sendero Camino trail is wide, almost as though it were designed for an all terrain vehicle, and easy to negotiate with only minor elevation gain, albeit somewhat rocky and muddy in areas. The trails that traverse the interior of the park all tend to be laid out with concrete stones. They are undoubtedly placed for purposes of traction, although I found them to be more annoying than helpful. The third type is very sanitized and well maintained paths. There is some elevation to contend with in the interior trails but for the most part, all of the trails in this park are easily negotiated by people of any age or fitness level. Most of the trails cut through the beautiful cloud forest. Off to the right and accessible via both the Sendero Camino and Sendero Nuboso trails is a cut off about 340 meters away, the La Ventana, leading to a gorgeous view and vista over both sides of the Continental Divide. Reputedly gorgeous that is, if you can actually see it! The Monteverde Cloud Forest is called a Cloud Forest for a reason. When we reached the viewpoint, is was totally and completely enshrouded in cloud and we could see absolutely nothing except for the cloud. We spend another couple of hours hiking the other trails in the park, during which time my optimistic side observed that the weather had cleared and there was even some blue sky emerging. As such, we decided to hike it back to the viewpoint, hoping to finally be able to see the view. No such luck. As we approached the lookout, that corner of the park seemed to be similarly encased in cloud. Strike two. Hard to say what percentage of the time the viewpoint is clear but the views are supposed to be incredible and based on our experience, do consider yourselves lucky if you catch it on a clear day! Other features of the park include a lovely hanging bridge and a path to a waterfall. The waterfall is pretty but not exactly spectacular compared to others we’ve seen elsewhere. We did manage to spot the rare and elusive Resplendant Quetzel, albeit unfortunately quite far off in the distance. No question that the park is crowded but less so than we had expected it to be. Apparently some locals are starting to refer to the park as the ‘Monteverde Crowd Forest.’ Certainly there is some thinning out of people once you start out on the trails. As you approach the park, the official parking lot is actually about three kilometres away from the entrance. The attendant will guide you in and give you a ticket. A shuttle will then ferry you up to the park entrance itself. Be sure to keep the parking ticket as you will pay for it at the ticket booth and the parking attendant will ask for its when you return to your car.
9. Monteverde Morning Walk
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 78 reviews
Monteverde Morning Walk is a guided tour that can be carry out in the Monteverde Biological Reserve, in the Hanging Bridges of Selvatura Park or in the Santa Elena Reserve.
