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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Back to Costa Rica
... of people were there, but it was a lot. We're not really sure why there were so many people. A lot of Nicaraguans work in Costa Rica, so we speculated that they were ALL trying to cross back in after the holidays on that day. Lucky us. We finally got ...
Surprise ride in Monteverde
... of year. We heard it just poured all of last week, so we were happy to ride the hills, valleys of ridges of Monteverde in sunshine, cool breezes and blue skies. The horses were lovely. We had two guides. One was a Canadian whose ...
Jumping in to Pura Vida
... of his life. I almost had a heart attack for him. Our guide, Alejandro, said "Ok, Josh! You are ready! Welcome to Costa Rica! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" And he jumped, cheering the whole way down. When he came up he confirmed it, excelente. Next was Dan. Dan, of ...
Suckers, Surf and Swings
... hours was a full day, eleven hour adventure. We're in the small town of Santa Elena in the middle of the Monteverde Cloud Forest. The most stunning vistas and views here. Today we did the famous zip line tour!!! Most of the lines ...
Here With My Head in the Clouds
... actually swam in a waterfall, something I’d like to do again. After the couple days, we went to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. There are several different types of forests in Costa Rica. There are temperate forests, rain forests, cloud ...
Is it a bird, is it a plane - no, it´s Annalah....
... amazing beaches, coupled with spectacular inefficience - bearing in mind the old adage 'always have an exit strategy', I pushed on to northwestern Costa Rica. Having taken about as much of San Jose as I could (25 mins to be precise – what a dump), ...
Out in the styx
... Mexican porcupine sleeping. Our last day, got up this morning to an amazing full rainbow caused by the drizzle and mist in the cloud forest. We spend part of this horse riding with the Smiling horses ranch run by a German lady and her helper Liza from ...
Nationalpark Monteverde
... wir im Swiss Chalet. Die Besitzer haben früher in Lachen ein Cafe betrieben und leben nun seit über 10 Jahren in Costa Rica. Zum zNacht gab es Rösti und Wiener-Schnitzel. Nach dem Tico und American Food wiedermal etwas anderes :-) Das Kaffii-Schaps ...
Monteverde, a natural beauty to explore
... all visitors: the chance to explore the unspool natural landscape and its national parks. It's no wonder the Monteverde Cloud Forest is such a popular destination among couples, families, friends, adventurers and researchers seeking a dreamy escape for ...
Flying through the trees and What a night!!
... hour, talked with Jen and her boyfriend, Christian, who is a 32 year old hot Costa Rican. She told us how she came To Costa Rica, how they met, about her life, and shared her wisdom with us. We learned that Christian was going out to the bars that night ...
UGA Day 2
... juice, a peanut butter pineapple jam and banana sandwich and some sugar cookies. Today I was going to be able to see the Monteverde Cloud Forest! I was amazed when we got to the cloud forest. The fine mist felt good on my skin as it came down. When I ...
The Cloud Forest or Like Whatever
... to stay at in Santa Teresa was booked, we made a last minute decision to head to cooler weather- to the mountains of Costa Rica- Monteverde. We got up really early on Sunday to catch a bus to Paquera at 8am- where we would catch a ferry to Punterenas and ...
An amazing day.
... zip line canopy tour and the treetop walkways. We understand that the zip line route takes you about 1.5 miles through the cloud forest. The boys impressed us by being able to identify the kinds of harnesses and safety equipment we were using ...
Wives in the Clouds!
... after all), and after a 5 hour bus journey spent in a stairwell, next to a fly ridden bin, the wives arrive in beautiful Monteverde! We rescue our bags from the bus (obviously they are the biggest), and Kez has to catch me as I nearly fall over with the ...
Monteverde
Am now in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Internet connection seems decent enough. Border crossing was a major pain, but our hotel here is great, and within walking distance of a full on American style supermarket. Tomorrow I´ll be doing ziplines through a cloud ...
Monteverde
Manuel Antonio - Monteverde
... Krokodile beobachten. Wir konnten auf Anhieb ca. 15 Krokodile zählen. Also reinfallen will hier keiner! Unsere Unterkunft in Monteverde ist das Hidden Canopy Treehouses Hotel. Wir wohnen hier in einem Baumhaus Chalet von wo wir Aussicht auf den ...
We made it to Costa Rica!!!!
... a bit so I am getting ready to head back to my casita. I will update more tomorrow. So far absolutely an awesome trip. Costa Rica is beautiful. Pura Vida!! Adios mis amigos. Mucho mas manana! Buenos ...
In the clouds
... forest here is unlike anything we´ve seen. A tree is just a base for plants of every description to grow on. From Bird of Paradise to every tropical plant you can think of. tomorrow its off to the cloud forest tour....take care ...
Superman ain't got nothing on me
... cute little shops, friendly bars and welcoming hostels. So far, this place is the epitomy of Costa Rica's Pura Vida. Set in the Costa Rican cloud forest the town of Santa Elena is famous for one thing above all – the Superman zipline. ...
Hotel in the Rain Forest++
... out tour for the day. We signed up for the 100% Adventura Tour, which was a 3 hour zip-line tour through the Monteverde Cloud Forest. There was 11 different lines, 1 Tarzan swing (not for the faint of hearts), and the grand finale was the superman ...
Monteverde,Costa Rica, Beauty and CANOPY!
We have been here a few days now in Santa Elena, Monteverde,and we are really liking it. There is just something calm in the air here... Very peaceful. You step outside and hear so many different sounds, of nature. The kind it should be. All in all, ...
Monteverde
... det udoedelige navnet. Han reiste til CR i 1966 for aa se paa fugler, og han har fortsatt ikke reist hjem. Hoeydepunktet i Monteverde er nok likevel reisen blant tretoppene i regnskogen. Dvs i form av aa henge i en vaier, 70 meter over bakken, ...
Number Three
... photos. We jam packed the next day with "doing things." We arrived in Monteverde with the mission to go to the Monteverde Cloud Forest and to do a zip line canopy tour. (Apparently this is where the whole idea was invented.) We ended up accidentally ...
Canopy tur i sidelengs rein!!
... panne. Ble hentet kl 10.30 av en pitte liten fyr med jakke som kjørte oss på en hullete vekkreinet vei til Monteverde Rein Forest. Der ble vi kledd opp med klatreutstyr og hjelm og svære hansker. Fikk en kort briefing på hva ...
Dream Come True!
... how to be a multimedia designer/developer and we had an exhibit at the time for the birds of the Cloud Forest from Monteverde, Costa Rica. There was a local artist, Charles Harper who was commissioned to create a poster celebrating the amazing fauna of ...
autofahren, regenwald, canopy o deja-oido
monteverde, santa elena! vom strand hiess es dann wieder ab in die berge und nicht nur das sondern auch in den regen(wald)! ziehmlicher temperaturschock fuer mich! um die 15 c bloss, oder so! auf jeden fall richtig kalt und nass!!! bin glaub zum ersten ...
Finally... some cool weather!!
... Lake Arenal with an amazing view of the volcano, we embarked on a very very bumpy twisty drive to Santa Elana, our base for the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Our hotel was based at the top of a very steep hill, every time I walked up it, I had to stop at ...