Guided Hikes in the Monteverde Reserve
Monteverde Tours offers semi-private tours (minimum 3 people, please ask about tours for two people). Tours include an English-speaking naturalist guide (only the best ones are chosen - tried and tested!), transport to and from the hotel, and entrance fees. The guides bring scopes and relevant reference books so you can learn about the forests.
The tour pick-up time is at approx. 7.00am or 1.00pm every day. The walk is relatively easy at a slow pace and takes about 2.5 - 3 hours. There are frequent stops to observe wildlife through the special scopes the guides bring. There is a restaurant at the park if you want to buy snacks and drinks.
The hikes include a visit to the Hummingbird Gallery where you will see dozens of hummingbirds very close up!
More about the Monteverde Reserve
- Trails are in excellent condition with railings on the steps and in some cases slices of tree trunks or concrete bricks creating paths to keep people from walking through mud.
- In the highest peaks of the tourism season (such as Christimas week) the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is very popular and the Park restricts the number of people accessing the park at one time
- Hours: Open 7:00am - 4:00pm everyday.
- Restrooms only at entrance of park
- Free Hummingbird Gallery near the entrance
- There is a coffee shop and a gift store at the entrance
Ecology and Monteverde: A Series of Articles
- The Fascinating Relationship Between Hummingbirds and Flowers. click here
- Why Trees in a Wet Cloud Forest Get Thirsty! click here
- The Case of the Disappearing Frogs or Why Cloud Forests Need Clouds AND Forests click here
- Leaf-cutter Ants the most effective farmers of Monteverde? click here
- Wild Cats of the Cloud Forest - yes they are out there! Click here
Private Birding Tours
We can also arrange early morning birding tours, please contact us for details
For a really fantastic guide to birds in Costa Rica, check out: The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (Zona Tropical Publications) by Robert Dean and Richard Garrigues (Second Edition 2014).