Monteverde, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Day 56.
Dec 1, 2004 (9 photos)

... , and possibly grumpy (he he), because you never took the plunge and got out of that rusty armchair. Currently I am in Monteverde, most famous for it's Cloud Forest Reserve as well as all the Canopy tours you can join for some great adventure, walking ...

Soaking wet in Central America's Switzerland
Jul 6, 2007 (7 photos)

... the "Banana Republics". The longstanding democratic tradition, high level of exports, and burgeoning tourism industry have given Costa Rica's population a level of affluence envied by its neighbors. In fact, Costa Rica's prosperity, liberal land ownership ...

Children's Eternal Rain Forest and Butterflies
Mar 4, 2007 (3 photos)

... a butterfly garden (accompanied by 3-4 stray dogs). We got a full tour of butterflies from all of the different ecosystems here in Costa Rica. (Lots of Blue Morphos!!) The guide was a graduate of a zoology program in the states. She also showed us a lot ...

Adventures and Misadventures in the Cloud Forest
Jan 19, 2007 (5 photos)

... a capful of bottled water on D´s contact lenses, we realized that dust from the road was also an issue. We arrived in Monteverde at around 7:30pm and, still trying to get our earth legs back, we tumbled across the street to Camino Verde, a budget ...

My thanks to my wonderful father, Angelo
Jan 19, 2007 (1 photos)

I would like to create an entry pointing out a mishap for which I am completely responsible.  I happened to misplace ( lost whatever you prefer to call it) my debit card which is my preferred method of payment during this trip.  YIKES! In a ...

Monteverde - Cloud Forest Fun
Mar 18, 2004 (5 photos)

... the Internet. A three hour journey round winding, dirt-track roads ensued, and by mid-afternoon we had arrived in Monteverde - a small, dispersed settlement in the heart of the rain forest. Traipsing round, down, and uphill, we reached Cabinas Vista ...

Walking in the clouds
May 10, 2004 (10 photos)

... had. Our drive continued through the lush and green countryside, but only with occasional areas of dense rain forest. Even though Costa Rica is famous for its enlightened approach to environmental conservation - over 25% of the country is now protected as ...

Canopy Tour
Mar 5, 2007 (6 photos)

Hi again, So we went on a canopy tour of a cloud forest early this morning. Andrew and Brett went on the zip lines (and a tarzan rope) high above the tree tops while Darcy, Morgan and I walked the suspension bridges through the canopy. It was raining ...

Meet the Parents...Costa Style...
Jul 18, 2003 (5 photos)

... at 70 km an hour. There were a total of 11 zip lines and our guides touted they had the longest, highest and fastest in all of Costa Rica(don't know if that's true, but made us feel better about the $160 we spent on it) After a few cups of hot coffee to ...

The Cloud (rainy) Forest
Jan 3, 2005 (6 photos)

... we only had that afternoon in town, we quickly changed into our hiking gear and got a taxi up the pure mud road to the monteverde cloud forest reserve. The entire park seems to be in a cloud with pretty strong winds. We hiked for about three hours and got ...

Monteverde at last
Aug 13, 2007 (6 photos)

... say about Liberia except that we had some damn good fried chicken there. We took the first bus in the morning heading to Monteverde, land of the famous cloud forest reserve. We came here to do the canopy tour, which is something like 14 zip lines and ...

Monteverde Cloud Forest
Dec 2, 2006

I arrived in Monteverde this morning from Samara. Got half way by bus and then some French guys gave us and some Finnish guy a lift up the mountain to the town of Santa Elena (base for the tours)...this thumb really is working well! Tomorrow Im off with a ...

Monteverde, Puerto Viejo, Monteverde
Apr 15, 2009 (1 photos)

... I splurged one night and got Caribbean cooking lessons from a local girl. OMG SO DELISH!! By far the best meal I´ve had in Costa Rica! Annie wrote down the instructions so maybe one day I´ll try to recreate it...although I think I´ve said that before... & ...

Goodbye rich coast....
Nov 17, 2009

... the Childrens eternal rainforest and then walked the 3km back to the village...! We went out for dinner... as it was our last night in Costa Rica, and even bought a beer and a can of rum and coke to celebrate... we went for a cheap dinner in a soda, and ...

24 7
Nov 1, 2009 (5 photos)

... to go to hawaii or alabama or florida.  I'm living my dream. I've been to Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and soon to be Panama. I've seen, learned, and done so much. Met so many people who I love. All of the ...

My job at the CEC
Apr 20, 2009

... so good on a resume to say that I've helped develop curriculum! -         Super Arte Costa Rica o       I have begun helping run this project with a volunteer named Antonio who has ...

Monteverde
Aug 15, 2007

Monteverde

Cows, Frogs, Snakes, Butterflies...
Apr 23, 2009

... 's been a great experience seeing what everyone else's home stays are like.   Last weekend we decided to stay in Monteverde. After school on Friday we all went to a Professional Development session on bubbles. Fun! After, hanging out at the school ...

Aa gaa som en cowboy...
Mar 9, 2006

... paa rad er vi naa stoele aa saare, og vi gaar som alle de voksne paa den gamle libero-reklamen. Mari S ga Ane en mirakelmassasje saa snart vi ankom Monteverde, som gjorde det mulig for henne aa gaa resten av dagen. Hva skulle vi gjort uten hverandre?

Cloud forests and zip lines
Jan 7, 2007 (33 photos)

... to keep warm at night. It was a refreshing change from the heat of the coast. We spent a whole day visiting the Monteverde Cloud Forest reserve where we had an excellent and highly recommended tour with a very knowledgeable local naturalist. I've ...

With our heads in the clouds
Mar 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... and type of tourism that's going on here. It has suddenly became common for us to meet people who are only travelling within Costa Rica on vacation. Taking tours is the big thing in Santa Elena (and Monteverde) since this is where they do the zipline ...

Expensive!
Aug 29, 2007 (21 photos)

... cost $15 from boarder, 30 for the cznopy tour and another 60 or so to get to la fortuna and do the lava thing. However staying at sleepers here in monteverde for 5 is definitely worth recommending, hot showers!!!! Hoping to get a bus to panama tomorrow.

Volcan Arenal and Back to Monteverde
Apr 28, 2009

... hopped on Jeep-Boat-Jeep for a weekend away in La Fortuna. I think we were all needing some distance from homestays, teaching, and Monteverde in general (we still love all three of those things, it was just time for a vacation). Jeep-Boat-Jeep is a nifty ...

Tarzan swinging
Jun 19, 2009

... this, it's been a welcome break from the heat. Last night I was even thinking that we needed heating rather than a fan. Monteverde is basically what Queenstown is to New Zealand. There is a whole host of cool and interesting activities to do here. I ...

Day 11: Monteverde
Mar 16, 2005 (4 photos)

... slideshow presentation about the history of the Monteverde reserve. Founded by American Quakers opposed to militarism who were attracted to Costa Rica because of a lack of army, the reserve and town were very small and under-developed until recently. We ...

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Jul 14, 2008 (1 photos)

For the final leg of the trip, we made another daunting journey through the dirt roads of Cosa Rica in a five hour drive to Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.  Well worth the travel, the hiking was breath-taking, with mists hanging low through the ...

In the Cloud Forests
Feb 28, 2006 (9 photos)

In the mountain village I enjoy the St. Helena and Monteverde Rain Forest Reserves.

Monteverde
May 21, 2007 (7 photos)

We crossed the border into Costa Rica easily enough and within a few minutes into our bus ride to the Monteverde Cloud Forest we couldn't believe how green it was.  We have been used to seeing earth as dry as a bone with ...

Monteverde
Mar 21, 2006 (25 photos)

If you go to Monteverde its to visit the rainforest. theres a network of trails that you can walk along that stretch several kilometres. The problem is that due to the huge numbers of people I didn't expect to see too much wildlife. Did see lots of ...

Monteverde
Mar 25, 2007

Monteverde