Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

It was another wet day when we visited the cloud forest reserve.

Cloud forests are a rare mountaintop phenomenon, where warm air from the ocean meets the cool mountain slopes, forming clouds and a constant mist. This mist nourishes towering trees draped in cascades of orchids, bromeliads, mosses, and ferns.

Monteverde alone is home to an astonishing diversity of life, with approximately 2,500 plant species, 490 butterfly species, 400 bird species, and 100 mammal species catalogued to date.Read more