Bamboo Tower

Tip

Clouds often build up after midday, so views are usually clearer early.

Be careful

If it is on a roadside, park fully off the road and watch for traffic.

Places nearby

• Finca Luna Nueva (One Day Pass & farm tours)Day Passes & Hot SpringsBiodynamic farm and eco-lodge 25 minutes from La Fortuna; non-guests can buy a One Day Pass (trails, a bamboo lookout tower, pool and lunch) or join farm, chocolate and night tours.
• Eco Garden Arenal (sloth, birding and night tours)Parks & Wildlife · from $40Small private ecological park southeast of La Fortuna run as a wildlife corridor: guided small-group walks to find sloths, toucans and, after dark, red-eyed tree frogs and poison-dart frogs.
• Finca Paraíso OrgánicoTours & AdventureOrganic family farm south-east of La Fortuna offering farm tours with tastings of what they grow.
• Arenal Vida CampesinaFood & CoffeeSelf-sufficient organic farm and cultural learning center 3 km south of La Fortuna where guests learn about coffee, sugar cane and cacao, grind cacao pods, make tortillas and taste local fruit.
• La Casona Río FortunaFood & CoffeeThe old country house of Costa Rican president Rafael Yglesias, from which settler families spread out to found the villages around La Fortuna.
• Estación Biológica Pocosol (Children's Eternal Rainforest)Parks & Wildlife · from $9Remote research station of the Monteverde Conservation League in the Children's Eternal Rainforest, at 720 m on the Caribbean slope.