Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Trail · Monteverde
The reserve that put Monteverde on the map: moss-dripping trails, a long suspension bridge through the canopy and a real shot at spotting a resplendent quetzal.
- Cost
- about $26
- Time there
- 3 h
- Best time
- morning
- Kids
- 6 / 10
- View
- 7 / 10
- Crowds
- 7 / 10
- Swimming
- 0 / 10
- Effort
- 4 / 10
- Location
- 10.30247, -84.79536 — Google Maps
Tip
Be at the gate when it opens at 7 a.m.: birds are most active early, and a local guide will spot far more than you will alone.
Be careful
Trails are muddy and it's cool and damp year-round: bring a rain jacket and shoes with good grip.
Places nearby
- Hotel Fonda VelaStaysHillside cloud-forest hotel near the Monteverde reserve.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Bat JungleParks & WildlifeIndoor bat exhibit designed by bat biologist Dr.
- 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.
- El Establo Mountain HotelStays · from $253Mountain hotel in Monteverde with its own 65-hectare cloud forest reserve.
Sources: OpenStreetMap node/2741461258 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2741461258 · https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Monteverde · https://www.birdingplaces.eu/en/birdingplaces/costa-rica/monteverde-cloud-forest-reserve · https://mytanfeet.com/activities/hiking-monteverde-cloud-forest-reserve