Santa Elena, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Day 56.
Dec 1, 2004 (9 photos)

I've been traveling for 56 days now. Almost two months. So I made it past six weeks on my own without running home to Mom. It was a tiny fear I had before setting off on this trip. That I would get bored or something and hence wanted to head home earlier ...

The Cloud Forests of Monteverde and Santa Elena
Nov 1, 2004 (5 photos)

He Said: Highlights: 1. The Original Canopy Tour 2. The whole Santa Elena/Monteverde experience 3. Mariposa Butterfly Farm 4. The amazing choice of food and accommodations 5. The Cloud Forest 6. Time standing still for us 7. The Roads Lowlights: ...

Monteverde
Oct 11, 2006 (9 photos)

... has been cold) - bliss. Because Costa Rica is far more touristy than its neighbors our options we far more varied. Santa Elena and Monteverde's attraction is the Cloud Forest but, unable to make enough tourist dollars from this, a plethora of variations ...

Cloud forest and adrenaline
Apr 11, 2007

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The Jerk Chicken´s revenge + eternal rain
Sep 5, 2007 (9 photos)

... with cascades, bamboo as high a NYC buildings ... We had decided to skip San Jose and head straight to the Cloud Forest of Santa Elena/Monteverde in the north of CR. The 3-hour wait at the San Jose bus stop confirmed our decision with lots of  ...

What day is this?
Sep 16, 2007 (45 photos)

... . Its beautiful and very relaxing but also a little wierd. That was yesterday. Today we woke up and grabbed the jeep boat jeep to Santa Elena which is where we are now. So far this is my favorite place. We just got back from canopying which is the zip line ...

Costa Rica
Jul 5, 2007

... $45 for a taxi to Sanata Elena. We were not happy. So anyone reading, please do not use Transporte Deldu SA in Costa Rica. Reaching Sanata Elena we were shocked to find how high up we were and therefore how bloody cold it was! We had to bring out the ...

Santa Elena
Oct 5, 2009 (24 photos)

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Swarming backpackers and a new favorite sport
Feb 11, 2008 (10 photos)

... to bring my own coat :)  I was on my own for the misty bridge walk and Tarra rejoined me for a hike through the Santa Elena reserve after buying a poncho.  We are now back in the sun and relaxing before our "Jeep-Boat-Jeep" (I've seen the ...

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

... ;some of the lushest, diverse and beautiful forests in the world. We arrived mid-afternoon and checked into Pension Santa Elena. This is a proper backpacking hostel, cheap but with good rooms, excellent staff and friendly clientelle. It also has ...

Monteverde
Apr 23, 2008 (9 photos)

... visited on your trip and don't look at them separately. I'm sure that Monteverde to some people would be a picturesque little Costa Rican town but I have already visited places just like it for 1/4 the cost and four times the authenticity. It is inundated ...

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

... 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 tours through the Cloud Forest. All of this is very expensive so ...

Monteverde
Oct 18, 2008 (59 photos)

... was the cloud forest, and the bottom was rain forest. It is warmer and there are more animals like snakes. We then drove to Santa Elena, really small, not nice, but had lunch there in the afternoon. We bought a few bits and pieces in the supermarket for ...

The longest travel day yet
Mar 23, 2006

... 2:20 we boarded a bus to Las Juntas 3:20 we arrived in Las Juntas having missed the 3:15 to Monteverde because we needed to stop for gas 5:00 we boarded the 4:45 bus from Las Juntas to Monteverde 7:30 we finally arrived in Santa Elena!!!! What a day!

Bosque Nuboso Monteverde.
Jul 30, 2006

The day before yesterday we got up early to catch the jeep-boat-jeep to Santa Elena. In the first jeep (actually a minibus) we met a really cool couple: Markelle from Greece and Michael from the USA. They ended up staying in the same hotel as us and even ...

Canopy Tour in Santa Elena and Monteverde
Oct 2, 2007

Came down to Santa Elena to check out the Cloud forest and do a Zip line tour of the forest.  The ride was long and rough and we had to wait for the bus from about 9:30AM to 4pm when the bus finally arrived and then the road was blocked on the way and ...

De caballos y caballeros
Sep 6, 2008 (15 photos)

... previously been cleared to create pasture for cattle, but reforestation efforts began in 1977. Money from tourists visiting the reserve supports Santa Elena High School, while the school helps maintain it. The forest is also home to many of the 40,000-60, ...

Volando entre los arboles
Sep 7, 2008 (4 photos)

Zip lining   The weather gods were smiling on us again today. It was sunny and warm and beautiful until the very moment Gustav dropped us off at the Home Base; then it started to sprinkle. As I type this, a few minutes later, it's pouring like the ...

Vulcano e Parco
Feb 5, 2008

... non è uno zoo. L'incontro più bello è stato con un tapiro, che purtroppo non sono riuscito a fotografare...Ora siamo a Santa Elena nel parco nazionale di Monte Verde pronti a spostarci e nel frattempo sto programmando il mio viaggio in direzione Nicaragua.

My life recently
Aug 1, 2007 (20 photos)

... home with a Toucan... Last but not least on this incredible journey, Kimberley and I took a forty minute boat ride from La Fortuna to Santa Elena. It was in Santa Elena where I had lunch in a tree house. It was awesome. Someone had the great idea of ...

Dia 6. Rincon la Vieja - Monteverde
Aug 27, 2009

... 4h de carreteras malas) Llegada al hotel y aprovechar la tarde para visitar el Ranario o algo. Cena en el pueblo de Santa Elena, recomendado por el ambiente. Recomendado el Restaurante El Arbol. Hotel: Cabañas Los Pinos (www.lospinos.net) Precios por ...

Jour 6 - Montverde Bosque Nuboso (2)
Jan 9, 2005

... soit prendre un taxi ou marcher 6 km. Nous voulons aussi faire un tour guide et les tours commencent tres tot (7h30). Petite parenthese : Au Costa Rica, le soleil se leve vers 5h45 et se couche vers 18h00. La nuit, ici tombe tres tres vite (parce que nous ...

Santa Elena / Cloud Forest
Nov 12, 2009 (100 photos)

Von La Fortuna nach Santa Elena/Monteverde sind wir um den Lago Arenal (groesster See Costa Ricas) gefahren und waren so richtig froh um unseren 4WD :-) Die Leutchen hier haben naemlich Angst vor Massentourismus und deshalb die Asphaltierung der Strassen ...

Cloudforest
Mar 24, 2008

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Posiblimente IS a word in Spanish!!!
May 13, 2005

... last month there was a bank robbery, the worst in history in Costa Rica. The locals believe that one of the reasons that Santa Elena was chosen was because of its remote location and low crime rate. Hence the low population of police in the area. There ...

Searching for Sloths!!
Jan 7, 2009

... where everyone on the bus had to have their passport checked to make sure we all had gone through the border correctly. I arrived at Santa Elena in the late afternoon, relieved that it was cooler than what I had been used to. I spent my time hiking the ...

Dia 7. Monteverde
Aug 28, 2009

*** PLANING *** Desayuno en el hotel y salida hacia Selvatura para hacer el Canopy y los Puentes Colgantes. Si nos queda tiempo visitar el Jardín de los Colibrís. Por la tarde alquilar unos Quads para hacer una ruta de 3 horas. Por la noche hacer la ...

She flys through the air with the greatest of ease
Jan 13, 2007

It was so hard to sleep last night!  The howling wind on our tin roof, the rain.  Apparently during my bad dreams I screamed in the night and woke Wende up.  One more night of this should be a blast! We get up and have breakfast in a ...

Into Costa Rica with Jesus and Britney
Oct 30, 2008

... hassle and took a very crowded bus towards San Jose, standing for a couple of hours as it wobbled along. We wanted to get to Santa Elena for the Monteverde cloud forest (like a rain forest but high up in the mountains) so the bus driver deposited us at a ...

Pain in the a**
May 12, 2005

... is but really..... No, seriously, went to school today and had a field trip with me teacher and we made the hike into Santa Elena and learned about produce and other things then hiked back up the hill to school, then later hiked back into town and back ...