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Monteverde, Costa Rica, has cloud forests, stunning eco-resorts, and treetop dining. Here's a full travel guide, featuring the best hotels and restaurants.
LA FORTUNA, Costa Rica – I slipped into the cool water at the base of the dazzling Fortuna waterfall and called to my family, watching from the rocks: “It’s warmer than Lake Erie!” ...
Schools in Costa Rica are closed in the second half of the month and a lot of local families will be traveling. However, there isn’t a huge increase in domestic tourism within Monteverde because ...
In early March, the sunset lookouts in Monteverde, Costa Rica, were packed with tourists. This community of roughly 6,000 residents is an ecotourism hot spot, and by most accounts, 2020 was set to ...
I just returned from a 10-day field study in Costa Rica with a group of students who are enrolled in my York College chemistry course focused on climate change and sustainability. In the classroom ...
The weather station of the University of Costa Rica in Monteverde indicates that since 2017 the average temperature has ranged between 26.82°C maximum and 4.5°C minimum. It’s sad. For more than 20 ...
Shrouded in near permanent cloud, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica is the most magical corner of this tiny, biodiverse country. Its muggy, damp environment is a haven ...
Neotropical montane forests are characterized partially by their great abundance and high diversity of epiphytes. We vouchered a species list of vascular epiphytes from a four-hectare lower montane ...