One day tours from Monteverde- Costa Rica one day tours - Cloud Forest: Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Santa Elena Reserve, Horseback riding, Don Juan Coffee tour, Bat jungle, Canopy tour, Monteverde Cheese Factory.

Average time: 4 hours

Includes: Entrance fee,  bilingual naturalist guide, transportation and a 15 minute-stop at CASEM. (Local women’s handcraft cooperative)

Enjoy a four hours nature tour through the  Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve with a local professional naturalist guide, that will show and explain you all the different macro/micro flora and fauna. Visit the Golden Toad's unique habitat, see birds like the Resplendent Quetzal (the most beautiful bird of the Americas), the Three-wattled Bell Bird, and the Black Faced Solitaire. Trees like Strangler Figs, Avocados and Cecropias. Epiphytes like Bromeliads, Orchids and Mosses, and a wide array of insects, mammals and reptiles.


TOUR SCHEDULES:Pick up at 7:00 A.M.and 1:00pm

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2.-Night  tour at Monteverde Cloud Forest 

Average time: 2.5 hours

Includes: entrance fee, two-hour tour with a bilingual naturalist guide and transportation.

As soon as the night falls down, you will experience the exuberant and impressing beauty of the forest, with a touch of mystery in the dark. On this tour, you will enjoy the varied flora and fauna of the Cloud Forest. Prepare to see tarantulas, several species of insects, frogs, fluorescent fungi and some birds in their nests in this unforgettable experience.

SCHEDULE: 7:00 P.M.

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3.-Santa Elena Reserve:

Open from 7:00 A.M.to 4:00 P.M.

Average time: 4 hours

Includes: entrance fee, tour with a bilingual naturalist guide, and transportation.

In this Cloud Forest Reserve you will have more opportunity to see birds. You could also see the wonderful Arenal Volcano and the Guanacaste lowlands .

TOUR SCHEDULE: Pick up at 7:00A.M. and 1:30 P.M.

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Average time: 2.5 hours.

Includes transportation and a two-hour tour at a local family farm.

Do you like horses? Combine them with adventure! We offer horseback rides on exclusive trails. Enjoy the sunsets and the view of the Nicoya's Gulf from this natural window.

Schedule: between 7:00A.M. and 3:00 P.M.

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5.-Hanging bridges

Average Time:3 hours.

This is a PRIVATE tour
Includes entrance fee, naturalist bilingual guided tour, private transportation.

Enjoy nature walking on a wonderful and new experience: hanging bridges. You will spend most of your time close to the tree top , from where you will be able to see birds, bromeliads and more…

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6.-Canopy Tour

Average Time: 2.5 hours.

Includes: - Transportation - Tour with bilingual guide

The tour has high security standards. The Canopy Tour has 16 cables, ranking between 15 meters and 410 meters long, with a 50-meters tower with a panoramic view of the Gulf of Nicoya and a section of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. Along the way, we have access to the ground every three cables, in case the client does not want to continue. An optional Tarzan Swing, rappelling, a tightrope and two very funny hanging bridges.

Schedule: 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

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7.- Bat Jungle (Paseo de Stella)

Average Time: 1.5 hours.

Includes: entrance fee, tour with a bilingual guide, especialized in bats, and transportation.

Note: It's a shared tour with maximun 15 pax.

SCHEDULE: From 9:00 A.M. to 8:30 P.M.

8.-Coffee Tour (Don Juan)

Average Time: 2.5 hours

Includes: entrance fee, bilingual guided tour, transportation, typical snacks, small coffee bag souvenir.
You will learn all the stages, starting with the plant, the harvest, drying, toasting and grinding of the bean, then, try a cup of the beverage we enjoy every morning and during the day . This is the beverage we find anywhere and everywhere. Always tasty, always comforting.

SHARED TOUR SCHEDULE:: 7:40 A.M. 9:40 A.M. 12:40 P.M. 2:40 P.M.

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9.-Monteverde Cheese Factory

Average Time:1.5 hours

Pick up times:8:30 A.M.or 1:30 P.M.

Includes:

• Visit to three different rooms for observation of the process and elaboration of the cheese

• Visit to the laboratory

• Slide show of the Monteverde and Cheese factory history.

• Taste of six different products

Schedule:From Monday to Saturday. 9:00 A.M.or 2:00 P.M.

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10.-FrogPond

Average Time: 1.5 hours.


Includes: entrance fee, tour with a bilingual naturalist guide, and transportation.

This is a shared tour at the Butterfly Farm or Frog Pond.

Prepare yourself to see approximately 30 different species of amphibians of Costa Rica. Learn each of these specimen's particular natural history from a specialized guide.

FROG POND SCHEDULE: From 9:00 A.M. to 8:30 P.M.

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