Heliconia Hotel
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Heliconia Hotel from our 2 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Monteverde
Zipping through the canopy
Monteverde! The rainforest! It is so beautiful here.
We got picked up in San Jose early this morning after a quick very light (still full from the night before, but didn't want to turn down coffee!) breakfast. By 8:45am we were on the road to Monteverde. The ride up was on an Interbus which held about 8 people, all of which turned out to …
Coffee WIN
Our first day in San Jose (yesterday) augered well for a delicious vacation. The fresh mango, pineapple, and guava at breakfast made an excellent start to an unexpectedly sunny morning in our unexpectedly fancy hotel. We spent most of the day exploring shops and museums in the city, during which Ariela and I had an interesting--and filling--lunch …
Cloud forest follows rain forest & guess what
So on we go to Monteverde; its really just over that hidden volcano but the road takes us around the big lake arenal and the last 30k on dirt roads. Still we get a relatively real hotel only just outside town. actually its like being in Wales, its at the top of a big hill and every now and again the cloud comes down, but unlike Wales it has hot …
Bungeeeeeee!
... of Central Americans) and we set off. Nikky decided to come along with me (for moral support, thank God!) and take pictures. So, we arrived, I got harnessed in and myself and two other girls from Canada took the cable car hundreds of feet above the rainforest. I wasn't feeling nervous at all! Heights have never been a fear of mine and my safety was certainly not a concern since more people die in car crashes. That, and I'm pretty sure my obituary would be ...
Costa Rica, Santa Elena
... toen ze kamer twee zagen dat een klein zoldertje had waar zij erg enthousiast over werden en perse wilden slapen. Dus gingen we overstag. Terwijl we hier prima hadden kunnen kamperen vanwege het klimaat: hoog en dus koel 's nachts. Uiteindelijk toch dezelfde prijs onderhandeld als we voor kamperen hadden moeten betalen! Na een gezellige tour door het hostel hebben we taco's gegeten bij de buren, heerlijk! Daarna heerlijk geslapen onder een dekbed! De dag erna niet ...