High season in Monteverde: Our recommendations for the best experience
In many parts of North America, we tend to think of seasons in terms of weather, and expect to enjoy four distinctly different seasons.
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Joy Detlor
What Is A Cloud Forest? And How's It Different from the Rainforest?
Life in Monteverde revolves, in many ways, around the nearby cloud forest. Why? Because it’s such a rare occurrence! Only 1% of the world's remaining forests are cloud forests. This focus on the cloud forest often distracts from the fact that we have several other kinds of forest here as well.
Getting to Monteverde: The Complete Traveler's Guide
I recently wrote a post entitled “Where is Everything In Monteverde?”It was chock full of useful information about what is available in the Monteverde area, and how to find what you’re looking for in Monteverde, thanks to a handy map of the area which encompasses Monteverde, Santa Elena, and Cerro Plano.
Where is Everything In Monteverde?: Finding Your Way Around Town
Monteverde is the general name used to describe the area around the Monteverde Cloud Forest, but it’s a little misleading because the place actually includes several small neighborhoods which are all quite close together- Monteverde, Cerro Plano, Perro Negro, and Santa Elena, which is the largest of the neighborhoods.
What on Earth is THAT? | Costa Rican Veggies, Part 2
Everything You Need to Know About Costa Rican Vegetables.
In Part 1 of this series on Costa Rican vegetables, we talked about some familiar vegetables you might recognize from other parts of the world, and about the wide variety of peppers available in the country.
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What on Earth is That? | Costa Rican Vegetables Part 1
Part 3 of the What on Earth is That? series is going to be all about veggies. If you’ve been following along and learning all about the amazingly varied selection of fruit available at your typical Costa Rican market, it won’t surprise you to find out that the vegetable selection here is just as exciting.
What on Earth is That? Costa Rican Fruits- Part 2
In the last post we talked about how many wild and wonderful new fruits you can find at the local markets, known as ferias, here in Costa Rica. In fact, when I started looking into it, there were too many for just one post.
Valle Escondido Reserve: From Night to Day
I was fortunate to spend some time at the Valle Escondido Nature Reserve recently. Unlike the Monteverde Cloud Forest and the others that I have mentioned in the past, Valle Escondido is a private reserve. It’s also a little lower in elevation, making it a transitional forest, instead of a cloud forest.
What on Earth is That? Costa Rica Fruit - Part 1
If you’ve never wandered through a Costa Rican feria (which is a market) on market day, you likely have no idea the sheer volume of fruits and veggies that this country produces.