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- Monteverde is popular with tourists to Costa Rica because of the large number of cloud forests and rain forests in the area.
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Monteverde is best known for its stunning Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. Wildlife inhabitants include the jaguar, Baird’s tapir and the Resplendent Quetzal. Santa Elena is the nearest town and is used by visitors as a base camp for Costa Rica cloud forest exploration.
Destination Facts
- Time Zone: America/Costa_Rica
Articles on Monteverde
Ecotourism
Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest Adventure
by Regina W.B. July 25, 2008Walk in the clouds and volunteer at a nature school in Costa Rica’s tropical rainforests.
Feature
Into the Wild in Costa Rica
by Regina W.B. July 25, 2008From scarlet macaws to leatherback turtles, Costa Rica’s unique biodiversity is a world all its own.
