El Trapiche Sugar Cane Tour

El Trapiche sugarcane mill machines were brought to Monteverde from San Ramon de Alejuela in 1948 by Iginio Santamaria. The machines were transported for approximately 15 days by oxen to the area that we now know as Santa Elena. It was there, where they were installed and began their work as a sugar cane mill, El Trapiche. Later in 1961 one of Juan Santamaria Campos’ sons formed a company with Ricardo Arce...

Coffee Plantation Tour

Since the end of the 19th century coffee has been a major part of the economy of Costa Rica. Since 1990 coffee prices have fallen drastically all over the world, and tourism has come to replace coffee as the largest segment of the Costa Rican economy. However, coffee farming still has a major impact on the culture of Costa Rica, and to experience real native Costa Rican life everyone should at least visit at...

Baldi Hot Springs Arenal

Complete with over 30 hot and cold pools of different temperatures, Baldi Hot Springs is a friendly and affordable alternative among the Arenal Costa Rica Hot Springs. The facilities include 3 swim-up bars, 2 waterslides, restaurant, Spa, and changing rooms. The Baldi Hot Springs are easily the most expansive hot spring facilities in the Arenal Volcano area. There are many different walking paths and gardens,...

Sky Adventures Monteverde

Sky Walk The cloud forest from a different perspective, enjoy this guided tour where you will learn al about the flora and fauna of the area walking trough and over the treetops. Sky Trek: Zip in a tour full of adrenaline. Fly over the treetops through 10 different cables which in total make. 13,387 feet, with lengths that reach  2,526 feet, and highs of even 460 feet. In Sky Tram explore the world famous...

Selvatura Reptile & Amphibian Exibition

Selvatura Park Reptile and Amphibian Exhibition includes frogs, lizards, geckos, snakes and many other kinds of reptiles and amphibians from more than 30 different species found throughout Costa Rica and is the only herpetarium (exhibition of both reptiles and amphibians together) in the area. In this guided tour, our visitors will be able to observe live specimens inside terrariums with specialized climate...

Selvatura Jewels of the Rain Forest

Selvatura Butterfly Garden & Insect Museum The Selvatura Park offers one of the largest butterfly gardens in the Americas, with the giant garden is 300 feet long and 90 feet wide with a 50 feet dome ceiling. The photo-thermic Saran helps control the temperature inside the garden. A perfect temperature that enables our garden to host more than 50 different species of butterflies from different altitudes and...

Selvatura Hummingbird Garden

Dazzling Birds That Will Fly in Your Memory For Ever Imagine yourself in a beautiful garden. Now imagine over 100 beautiful hummingbirds flying cheerfully around you! That is what the incredible Hummingbird Garden has to offer you. More than 14 species of hummingbirds will amaze you with their incredible aerial maneuvers and bright lively colors. Definitively a photography fan’s treat! No matter ...

Selvatura Butterfly Garden

One of the world’s largest live butterfly exhibitions where we host more than 50 different species of butterflies from all over the country. Be sure to join us before or after your Monteverde Zip Line Experinece. Rates $12 Starts...

Monteverde Rappelling

The BEST canyoning tour in Costa Rica! Yes, we mean it! Canyoneering (or canyoning) in in the Lost Canyon, Arenal Costa Rica is a wonderful experience. Imagine yourself in surrounded by lush rainforest atop a magical canyon waiting to rappel down some jungle waterfalls! No experience needed – just a good sense of adventure! So what is canyoneering? Canyoneering is a mixture of abseiling down...

Horse Back Riding Monteverde

Nice and quiet… horseback riding in the Monteverde Cloud Forest area for a few hours, or again to make the fantastic journey to the Arenal Volcano Because Monteverde is green all year with an average daytime temperature of a cool 18 C (64 F) and offers so many great mountain views, it is considered a paradise for horseback riding in Costa Rica. In fact Monteverde means Monte: mountain and verde: green so...