Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

We arrived in Monteverde at 11pm on Sunday and had to search for another hostel. We got a room at Pension Hostel for a reasonable price. The guys here were awesome - they were extremely knowledgeable and helpful about local events, activities and travel.
The town itself seems to be constantly in a cloud as there is always rain floating in the …

7:00am, I am up. WHY. On an upside I got to have a great free breakfast at the hostel which usually consists of a piece of toast but this had loads. And all for $9, bargain. I am going to have an extremely busy day today as I am doing 3 tours. Ouch. Our first, was the Don Juan coffee tour. I've been wanting to do one for ages and as this one also …

We learned that the way to get to Monteverde from Cahuita was to take 1 bus to the capitol, San Jose, then catch a second bus from there to Monteverde. The first bus would leave every hour or so starting around 7am but the other bus (from San Jose), we learned in the guidebook, would leave only at 6am or 2pm. Since the guidebook had been wrong once …

We made it to our hotel in Monteverde by early afternoon on Saturday. We had lunch at Bar Amigos down the street, before going on the Trapiche Coffee Tour. During the coffee tour we got to see a coffee and sugar plantation, which included the processes of harvesting and roasting coffee beans, and making candy/liquor with sugar cane. Later that …

The very moment we stepped foot onto Costa Rican soil we knew we had arrived! Nat and I had become accustomed to quick, loose, and sometimes dodgy border crossings. We´ve been lucky and have had no problems nor long lines, but friendly conversations with locals and Customs workers instead! Crossing into Costa Rica was a bit more of a production: …

Peter and I decided to do a tour, and I would not recommend it. It seemed appealing, mainly due to transportation issues. We now know that: you can take the bus (50cents), rent a guide at the park, and hike the divide for a quarter of the price. Oh well!

We arrived first thing and had a wonderful guided hike with the founders son. In total …

We started off early to drive the 75 kilometers to Monteverde and check out the Cloud Rain Forest. There traffic was a bit heavy on the main road CR 27, which is also CR 1 the Pan-American Highway at this location. Tthere were quite a few trucks on the road. Every time we came to a pretty substantial hill on the road, some beat up old truck was …

After getting the boat across Lake Arenal we took a jeep up to the picturesque highlands of Monteverde. On arrival at our hostel I absently flicked through the leaflets of attractions on offer in the area while AP was having a poo, only to come across one for a bungee... interesting. So of course quite excited by this prospect asked him if he would …