About: A one-of-a-kind adrenaline experience in Costa Rica, you will ride on 3 different cables ranging from 100 to 150 meters long, and up to 70 meters above the ground. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting location: 28 minutes Time needed for activity: 1.5 hours Kid friendly: Must be 1.4 meters…
Category: Monteverde
100% Aventura Zipline
About: This zipline (or canopy tour) includes 9 regular ziplines, 2 superman ziplines, 1 hammock bridge, 1 rappel, and 1 mega Tarzan swing. They claim to have the longest zipline in Costa Rica at 1590 meters. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting location: 12 minutes Time needed for activity: 3 hours Kid friendly:…
Monteverde Wildlife Exhibits and Gardens
Options for wildlife exhibits and gardens in Monteverde:
Selvatura Sloth Sanctuary
About: This is an artificial sloth habitat where they have about 15-20 sloths. These sloths are all rescued from different situations around the country. They are not bred in captivity. You will get to see the sloths from much more up-close than any natural encounter in the wild. You cannot touch or hold the sloths….
Selvatura Reptile and Amphibian Exhibit
About: An indoor exhibit featuring snakes, frogs, and other reptiles and amphibians. The tour is guided, there is no option for self-guided. The guides will provide you with a lot of information about the species. The majority are native to the cloud forest and Costa Rica, but there may be other from outside the region….
Selvatura Butterfly Garden
About: This indoor butterfly garden features more than 30 species. You will get to see all stages including egg, caterpillar, pupa and butterfly. This is a guided tour, there is no option for self-guided. The guides will explain all about the different butterfly species and their stages. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach…
San Bosco Orchid Garden
About: The owner Gretel will take you on a private tour of her orchid garden, showing you her collection of orchids and telling you all about these amazing plants. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting location: 13 minutes Time needed for activity: 1 hour Kid friendly: Yes Wheelchair accessible: Yes What…
Monteverde Orchid Garden
About: A guided tour through a garden that focuses on orchids, though there are other plants as well. The guides are extremely knowledgeable and very informative. On a given day there are over 120 orchid species in bloom. Some orchids only bloom for one day, if that, so you never know what you will get…
Monteverde Frog Pond
About: Here you will receive a guided tour through their frog exhibits where you will see a wide variety of species from the cloud forest as well as other microclimates in Costa Rica. The guides are very knowledgeable and extremely informative. They offer both day and night tours since some frogs are diurnal and some…
Monteverde Butterfly Gardens
About: You get a guided tour that first starts in a live insect exhibit where you get to see a lot of unique insects common in Costa Rica. Then you go through a series of 4 butterfly gardens that each contain different species of butterflies. It is a short hike where you will likely see…