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15 Best Things To Do in Monteverde

The tours and day trips worth booking.

The 15 top-rated things to do in Monteverde — the boat trips, beach days, volcano hikes and old-town wanders worth building a day around, with real prices and who to book each one with.

15 Best Things To Do in Monteverde

Selvatura Park Hanging Bridge Tour in Monteverde - Timing and getting there: keep your day simple
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Selvatura Park Hanging Bridge Tour in Monteverde

1.Selvatura Park Hanging Bridge Tour in Monteverde

Wide, engineered hanging bridges in Monteverde’s cloud forest. Self-paced 3 km loop, family-friendly, book ahead, rain-ready.

Most Popular★ 4.0

“Sights were beautiful and it was fun being up that high in the trees and looking at everything. I was disappointed that we did not get to see any animals. There were a few birds and centipedes but nothing else and we went in the morning as we were told that is when everything is…”

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Extreme Zipline tour in Monteverde - Your route: what you’ll actually do from start to finish
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Extreme Zipline tour in Monteverde

2.Extreme Zipline tour in Monteverde

Extreme ziplining in Monteverde with a Superman cable, Tarzan swing, and bungee plunge over the cloud forest. 2–3 hours.

★ 4.5

“The team was professional. The approach road is gravel based, narrow and with steep incline. I would recommend not taking your own vehicle and relying on the pickup location.”

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Selvatura Park Gold Package (Canopy & Hanging Bridges) - The zipline portion: 13 cables, 19 platforms, and an 800m run
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Selvatura Park Gold Package (Canopy & Hanging Bridges)

3.Selvatura Park Gold Package (Canopy & Hanging Bridges)

Monteverde Selvatura Gold Package: 13 zipline cables with optional Tarzan Swing and a 3km hanging-bridge walk, ~4 hours.

★ 4.5

“This was a wonderful experience! Ziplining was the highlight of my trip. The guides were all great. One thing to note, we did the Mistico hanging bridges in La Fortuna as well. They were both similar experiences, I would recommend doing only one or the either if you’re on a budget”

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Monteverde Night Tour with a Certified Tour Guide (6 PM or 8 PM) - Where you start: meeting at El Refugio and getting your bearings
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Monteverde Night Tour with a Certified Tour Guide (6 PM or 8 PM)

4.Monteverde Night Tour with a Certified Tour Guide (6 PM or 8 PM)

Monteverde Wildlife Refuge at night. Small-group guided walk (6 or 8 PM), flashlights provided, and real chances at frogs, insects, and mammals.

★ 4.5

“Sergio, our guide was great! I understand there's no guarantee in this kind if our, but we didn't see all that much in the way of wildlife. Mostly frogs, insects and sleeping birds.”

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Monteverde Cloud Forest Nature Tour - Price and Fees: What You Pay for the $30 Tour
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Nature Tour

5.Monteverde Cloud Forest Nature Tour

Spot quetzals and hummingbirds on a 2.5-hour Monteverde cloud forest tour with a small group guide, optics, and Fogden photos.

★ 5.0

“The tour guide was nice, we saw some wild life and the Quetzal, which made this activity worth it. For the rest, the wild life was pretty normal and also it gets a bit uncomfortable with the amount of groups that are in the trail at the same time, you don’t really get to enjoy…”

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Monteverde Butterfly Gardens Tour - Entering Monteverde Butterfly Gardens: what “30 years” of teaching looks like
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Monteverde Butterfly Gardens Tour

6.Monteverde Butterfly Gardens Tour

See 30+ butterfly species plus live insects and arachnids in Monteverde’s gardens with a guided walk and great photo chances.

★ 4.5

“Its not a place to spend the day but spending an hour was fun. Our tour guide really knew what he was talking about & everyone there was friendly.”

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Guided Butterfly Conservatory Tour in Costa Rica - The One Stop Itinerary: What You’ll Do at the Conservatory
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Guided Butterfly Conservatory Tour in Costa Rica

7.Guided Butterfly Conservatory Tour in Costa Rica

Visit Arenal’s Butterfly Conservatory near El Castillo for a guided rainforest regeneration lesson, life-cycle exhibits, and tons of butterflies.

★ 5.0

“Tons of butterflies and frogs. Our guide was amazing. You can go at your own pace and go back through the exhibits if you’d like. It was a magical day and I would do it all over again.”

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Selvatura Park Combo Tour From Monteverde - Hanging bridges: your own tempo, but manage crowd noise
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Selvatura Park Combo Tour From Monteverde

8.Selvatura Park Combo Tour From Monteverde

Monteverde Selvatura combo: guided canopy tour, hanging bridges, and a butterfly garden, with hotel transport and strong safety focus.

★ 4.5

“I had requested the full-day ticket. Viator said they would take care of it for me on a phone call They booked a half day. Had to pay extra when my son and I arrived. Park provides transportation. Just hopped on one of many available vans waiting to take us back to our lodging. Park…”

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Monteverde Night Tour Unique Experience - Timing that makes sense: the 6:00 pm start and 2-hour hike
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Monteverde Night Tour Unique Experience

9.Monteverde Night Tour Unique Experience

Monteverde Night Walk at Finca Lantana is a 2-hour guided wildlife hunt after dark with flashlights, small groups, and great scopes for viewing.

★ 5.0

“Great experience. Saw lots of wildlife (armadillo, toucans, tarantulas, glass frogs, stick bugs among many other insects). Marco was an excellent, fun, knowledgeable guide.”

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3 hours of the Longest and Highest Extreme Zip line Experience in Monteverde - Superman, Rappel, and Tarzan: Know the Weight Rules Before You Arrive
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3 hours of the Longest and Highest Extreme Zip line Experience in Monteverde

10.3 hours of the Longest and Highest Extreme Zip line Experience in Monteverde

Extreme Monteverde zipline with 9 lines, 2 Superman runs, hammock bridge, rappel, and a mega Tarzan swing across 4.2 km.

★ 4.5

“Beautiful view from zip lines, lots of walking up hill between (if not used to altitude you might feel this). Staff were helpful and polite. Even though lots of people in the group, once past the first zip line, minimal waiting.”

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Monteverde Birdwatching Experience - Meeting at Reserva Curi Cancha: quick logistics that matter
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Monteverde Birdwatching Experience

11.Monteverde Birdwatching Experience

Join a 7:00 a.m. guided birdwatching walk in Monteverde’s Curi-Cancha Reserve with a spotting scope, aiming for quetzal and more.

★ 5.0

“Highly recommend this Monteverde birdwatching experience at Curi-Cancha! Jason is an expert guide. In the walk through the Reserve he identified dozens of birds and sent a link to a complete list at the end of the tour. Favourites on that list were the Quetzal, collared trogon, northern emerald-toucanet, eye-ringed flat bill, warblers and hummingbirds.…”

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Night Adventures in Monteverde - Wildlife You Can Expect to Hunt For (And the Real Odds)
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Night Adventures in Monteverde

12.Night Adventures in Monteverde

A 2-hour Monteverde night walk on a coffee farm with flashlights, small-group wildlife spotting, and local guide talks, often with coffee.

★ 5.0

“We had a great time! Axel did a great job with our tour and clearly loves talking about nature/his country. He has a great understanding of nature and was eager to explain the things that we spotted. He also took really excellent photos on his phone that he airdropped to us so that we didn’t…”

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Hiking to Curi-Cancha Reserve - Where to meet at Reserva Curi Cancha (and what to plan for)
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Hiking to Curi-Cancha Reserve

13.Hiking to Curi-Cancha Reserve

Guided hike through Curi-Cancha Reserve in Monteverde with bird spotting in primary and secondary forest. Bilingual guide, small group.

★ 4.5

“Our guide was excellent and found a lot of wildlife for us. He was super knowledgeable and had answers to every question we asked. However, my gripe is that the experience page said there would be a max of 7 guests which was a large reason why we chose this particular tour - on the…”

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Monteverde Coffee, Chocolate and Night Tour - Why this Monteverde dusk plan feels smarter than doing it separately
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Monteverde Coffee, Chocolate and Night Tour

14.Monteverde Coffee, Chocolate and Night Tour

Monteverde coffee, chocolate, and night tour: 2.5 hours of tastings and farm learning, then a guided dusk walk for frogs and sloths.

★ 4.5

“The guide was VERY knowledgeable about both coffee and chocolate agricultural processes. He was passionate and patient with the 'dumb' tourists. The night walk in the rain forest was fine, but we had hoped for about double the length or more. Walked about 20 min...were hoping for about an hour in the rainforest.”

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Water Bike Tours Water bikes - Entering Three Bays: Views, Birds, and That Volcano Maybe
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Water Bike Tours Water bikes

15.Water Bike Tours Water bikes

Pedal a water bike on Lake Arenal near Monteverde—3 bays, birds, and free photo-video, guided with a safety boat.

★ 5.0

“Our tour was so nice. Wonderful your guy, Sandre, I think, don't remember the spell, but it's almost 2 hours on water. Sandre was very patient and helpful. Thank you for a wonderful and safe trip.”

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