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Monteverde Tours in the Monteverde Cloud Forest area is part of the Desafio Adventure Company in Costa Rica.
The Monteverde Tours office is located in the main village of Santa Elena in the rainforest, or rather the 'cloud forest' of Monteverde in Costa Rica. Desafio Adventure Company has been operating in Costa Rica since 1992, with offices in both Monteverde and the Arenal Volcano area and is both a tour operator and a travel agent, offering excellent travel services from guided hikes in the Monteverde Cloud Forest to transport, hotels, maps and reservations for other places in Costa Rica. See our testimonials
Monteverde Costa Rica (which means Green Mountain) is located
in the Cordillera of Tilarán along the Continental Divide at approximately 1440 meters.
Monteverde Costa Rica is famous for its Cloud Forests which boast hundreds of mammals, birds, insects and species of plants. See our Monteverde Costa Rica Map. |
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Monteverde Tours has extensive knowledge of Costa Rica and can arrange just individual tours, hotels or transport and help in the planning of your Costa Rica vacation. We can design a unique tailor-made personal Costa Rica package for you to include the Monteverde and/or Arenal Volcano areas and other parts of Costa Rica. Our Costa Rica packages can include all your tour activities beach breaks, hotels and transport throughout Costa Rica. Just let Monteverde Tours know what you are interested and we’ll do our best to make your Costa Rica vacation as perfect as we possibly can at any budget. See our testimonials
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Popular attractions in the Monteverde area are: hiking in the Monteverde Cloud Forest reserves, canopy tours, horseback riding tours, coffee tours, bird watching and a number of other activities in Monteverde Costa Rica.
For those seeking a taste of adrenaline the Monteverde area offers several different canopy tours (including the Skytrek ziplines and Skytram cable car, Selvatura Park and Extremo Canopy Tours) with zip lines to traverse the cloud forest canopy. Monteverde has some of the best canopy ziplining tours in Costa Rica and a 'must' to add to your Costa Rica package vacation. Also available are the walkways (suspended or hanging bridges) that offer an eye level perspective of the inhabitants of the tree tops canopy.
View more pictures of the Monteverde canopy tour (ziplining or hanging bridge tour) |
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| The biodiversity of Monteverde Cost Rica has attracted tourists and biologists for years. The Monteverde reserve is a nesting site for the famous Resplendent Quetzal. Hiking in the Monteverde Cloud Foest is a must. Home to tropical mammals such as sloth's and monkeys, even more birds and reptiles, and many, many amazing insects and butterflies. Experienced naturalist guides are available to provide additional insight and share information on the natural history of Monteverde area. Go birding in the morning or take a look at the nocturnal life while on a 'night hike'. Monteverde Tours can set up tours including entrance, bilingual guides and all transport. |
Take a look at our Costa Rica hotel directory which has listings on accommodations in Monteverde, La Fortuna (Arenal), and San Jose, Costa Rica. We can also arrange hotels in other parts of Costa Rica such as Manuel Antonio, other beaches and volcano areas in Costa Rica. Our site shows rates, photos and descriptions of a number of hotels for all budgets. Monteverde Tours can book your hotel rooms online for your convenience and safety.
See our Monteverde Map showing Monteverde & Arenal hotels, cabins. resorts and lodges. |
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Monteverde Costa Rica is spread over a rural mountain slope. The local village of Santa Elena (6km from the Monteverde Reserve) is the main hub of activity in terms of commerce and transport. Do not confuse Santa Elena village with the Santa Elena Cloud Forest which is about 7km from Santa Elena (and also offers great guided hikes in the Cloud Forest), Hotels, cabins, bed & breakfasts and other lodges and pensions located in Santa Elena village are less expensive and closer to stores, restaurants and public transportation. Santa Elena also houses most services such as the bank, police, clinic and post office.
Cerro Plano and Monteverde are higher in elevation and closer to the Monteverde Reserve. Nearer the Monteverde Reserve hotel rooms tend to become a little more expensive. Regardless your budget you'll find something in our Costa Rica hotel guide.
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Monteverde Tours also reserves local horseback riding tours. The Desafio Monteverde manager, Janet Ellis, and her husband Marvin Anchia, have a company called Horse Trek Monteverde who have rides available for all levels of experience. A wonderful ride is to the less touristy area of San Luis Valley to see the amazing San Luis Waterfall and the new All Day Cowboy ride is proving to be a success! Horse Trek Monteverde has something for you whether you're looking for a 1.5 hour sunset horse ride to a 8-day Horseback Riding Vacation. Horseback riding is one of the most beautiful activities to do in Monteverde Costa Rica. Desafio Adventure Company also runs a great horseback ride along the Lake Trail between Monteverde and Arenal Volcano.
View pictures of Horse Trek Monteverde horses |
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Monteverde Tours while promoting the tours of Desafio Adventure Company, also tries to convey information that is simply useful and informative. Monteverde Tours Costa Rica attempts to be straightforward and objective and we welcome any feedback, corrections or other remarks. While Monteverde Tours’s focus is on the Monteverde / Arenal area this site does contain information pertaining to other popular destinations in Costa Rica.
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Monteverde Tours offers two alternative modes of transport between Monteverde and Arenal. The first is the taxi-boat-taxi, leaving twice daily. This service is the quickest route between La Fortuna/Arenal volcano and the Monteverde cloud forest. Second, is the horseback ride on the Lake Trail which as the same suggests goes around the Arenal Lake which gives you time to enjoy the amazing scenery.
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Desafio Adventure Company operates many of its own tours in the Arenal Volcano area. Our sister site www.arenalvolcanotours.com offers more info on Arenal Volcano tours, white water rafting, culture and community tours, canyoning (or canyoneering), volcano hikes with Arenal lava views, Cano Negro and other safari floats, Skytrek Canopy Tour and the Hanging Bridges. |
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What the guide books have to say about Monteverde Tours in Monteverde Costa Rica...
"Note that many other agencies in La Fortuna and Monteverde offer rides over a muddy, poorly maintained trail. Some riders have returned with stories of terrified horses barley able to navigate the way. It's best to avoid other tours."
- Costa Rica Fodor's 2002, Editor: Beatrice Aranow, Monte Verde Costa Rica
"If you have a conscience, you'll choose a company such as Desafio, that only uses trails that go along the lakefront, and not over the mountain"
- Moon Handbooks Costa Rica 2001, Monte Verde Costa Rica
"Desafio makes sure the trails used are safe for the horses, and the trip offers a fairly quiet and undemanding ride in a nearly uninhabited area, with spectacular views of the volcano (when it's clear)."
- The Rough Guide to Costa Rica, Monte Verde
(Monteverde) Desafio Adventure Company is a company with over 10 years experience meeting the needs of a wide range of travelers.
We are Specialists in Rafting, Canyoning and Costa Rican Horseback Riding and other tours Costa Rica
Monteverde Tours has tried to create a web page that will help those who plan to visit a specific part of the country. That does not mean we do not have information on the rest of Costa Rica. If you have any questions regarding any aspect of travel in our country we are more than happy to try and help. Costa Rica travel is fun!
You can Contact Us by email at info@monteverdetours.com |
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."
- Mark Twain
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