Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
Located on the Cordillera de Tilaran within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces your group will find your next stop, the absolutely stunning Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. Established in 1973, this 40 square mile reserve is located right on the Continental Divide within Costa Rica, a private protected area that is of high scientific and economic value. Monteverde provides a truly positive conservancy model to follow both locally and internationally. This biological reserve serves as a living lab for hundreds of scientific researches as well as a popular destination for thousands of foreign visitors who come admire and learn all about local flora and fauna. Monteverde supports ecotourism and allows guests to appreciate and study the impressively abundant biodiversity within.
Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
Once you get here you can opt to tour the area up close and personal, after a one hour trip up the road you will be face to face with a "green mountain." This entire area is a vibrant sanctuary of life with over 5,000 hectares. Monteverde is the most famous cloud reserve in the world and also the important protected space in Costa Rica. To put into perspective the amount of biodiversity here just think that four percent of all the known species on the planet are found here, on 0.03% of all earth’s surface. Bring your camera and discover the over 3,021 species of plants and 450 species of animal, including 161 reptiles and amphibians.
