Giant Ficus Tree (south of the Cheese Factory)
Nature spot · Monteverde · hidden gem
A huge strangler fig in a patch of woods south of the cheese factory; you can climb a short way up among its buttress roots before the upper section is closed off.
- Cost
- Free
- Time there
- 20 min
- Best time
- any time
- Kids
- 6 / 10
- View
- 3 / 10
- Crowds
- 1 / 10
- Swimming
- 0 / 10
- Effort
- 2 / 10
- Location
- 10.30177, -84.80729 — Google Maps
- Ratings
- 3.9 on Google (17)
Tip
Combine it with the cheese factory shop and Curi-Cancha, and go in daylight in shoes with grip.
Be careful
Stay below the barrier and don't climb past it; the roots are slippery after rain.
Places nearby
- Hotel Fonda VelaStaysHillside cloud-forest hotel near the Monteverde reserve.
- Restaurante La Cuchara de la Abuela (CASEM)Food & CoffeeCooperative-run kitchen at CASEM, the women's craft co-op, serving typical plates and handmade corn tortillas.
- Stella's Monteverde Bakery & CaféFood & CoffeeBakery opened in 1992 by English-born Stella Wallace, now a breakfast and lunch café across from the CASEM crafts co-op, using local cheeses and house bread.
- The Bat JungleParks & WildlifeIndoor bat exhibit designed by bat biologist Dr.
- El Establo Mountain HotelStays · from $253Mountain hotel in Monteverde with its own 65-hectare cloud forest reserve.
- Pizzería e Ristorante TramontiFood & CoffeeFamily-run Italian restaurant since 1993 (founded by an Italian and Costa Rican couple), with a wood-fired oven, house-made ravioli and lasagna and a glass-and-timber dining room above the valley.
Sources: OpenStreetMap node/9641847013 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9641847013 · https://wanderlog.com/place/details/2099945/ficus-tree · https://www.costaricavibes.com/?p=68266