The Childrens' Eternal Forest is the largest private preserve in Costa Rica. Over one hundred animal species and 400 bird species have been identified in this 22,000-hectare preserve, which cont...
Canopy walks and zip lines are becoming quite common-place in many of the forests that cover Costa Rica. By far some of the most impressive are located close to Monteverde. Originally designed ...
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve boasts a wealth of diversity in flora and fauna, much of which is unique in the world. The location and ecosystems that the region supports has ma...
There are several areas of excellent walking trails in the Monteverde area. The most extensive are within the Monteverde Reserve itself, information of which can be obtained at the reserve entrance o...
Rincon de la Vieja volcano is composed of nine separate but neighbouring volcanic craters, with the dormant Santa Maria the tallest at 1,916m. The volcano’s crater holds a forest-rimmed lake pop...
Other volcanoes in Guanacaste’s Cordillera Volcanica are Volcan Tenorio located in the National Park of the same name. This park features low montane rainforest, very wet tropical forest and ver...
Situated in the Tilarán mountain range, Santa Elena is a very distinctive community: a mix of rural area and developing city, of paved streets and gravel roads. At an altitude of 1,330 meters, ...
Managed by the Santa Elena Technical Professional School, the Santa Elena Preserve, as it is commonly known, is dedicated to protecting the cloud forest and contributing to the education of the Santa ...
