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Introduction
167km (104 miles) NW of San José; 82km (51 miles) NW of Puntarenas Monteverde translates as "green mountain," and that's exactly what you'll find at the end of the steep and windy rutted dirt road that leads here. It's a rough ride up, and... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There & Departing By Car -- From San José, take the Interamerican Highway north. About 20km (12 miles) past the turnoff for Puntarenas, there will be a marked turnoff for Sardinal, Santa Elena, and Monteverde. From this turnoff, the... Continue reading »
Monteverde Travel Experiences
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The Last Adventure
So this was it: the last little side-trip. With four days to go, I've started thinking about the "last" everything... the last Mond... Continue reading »
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Monteverde Cloud Forest
Dec. 16 (Monteverde Cloudforest)We took a shuttle bus to the Monteverde Cloudforest which lasted approximately 4 hrs. The first two hours... Continue reading »
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Monteverde Farewell
Taryn: Today was our last day in Monteverde. In the morning we went to a spectacular waterfall in San Luis, a town near Santa Elena. G... Continue reading »
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The cloud forest
Our journey from La Fortuna to Monteverde began on horseback - definitely the best thing I've done so far on this trip. It was a 3-h... Continue reading »
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Looking at trees and flying through the cloud forest
We drove to santa Elena. near Monteverde, along some bone shaking roads, stopping along the way to feed some white nosed coatis and eat s... Continue reading »
Popular Monteverde Things to Do
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- Horse-riding with Desafio from La Fortuna to Monteverde
- Monteverde Extremo Canopy - Zipline Tour
- Canopy Tour
