All Monteverde Tours & Excursions in 2026

El Tigre waterfalls provide you a unique chance to connect to your natural side on this wonderful hike you can make the total hike on food, or you can finish the tough part on a Jeep or a nice horseback ride with a tremendous tilaran moutain range landscaping views

Pick a morning or afternoon start time that suits your schedule and then head to Selvatura Park to begin your fun-filled zipline adventure. Get started with a safety session, during which you'll receive a harness and learn the basic park safety procedures to ensure a fun, but protected experience. You’ll then have access to the park’s range of 13 different zipline cables and 18 platforms, along with an optional ride on the Tarzan Swing. You’ll walk through the park between a series of 3-kilometer (1.9-mile) tree walkways that traverse Monteverde’s cloud forest, crossing between eight different bridges, with some lengths up to 510 feet (170 meters) and some as high as 180 feet (60 meters). After enjoying an action-packed day suitable for all ages, you’ll end your experience in the park and head to your next destination.

Experience the magic of Monteverde’s cloud forest after dark with an intimate night walk led by a local naturalist. Explore a private trail away from the crowds and observe incredible nocturnal animals such as red-eyed tree frogs, kinkajous, tarantulas, armadillos, and sloths. Our small group size ensures a personalized experience, perfect for nature lovers and photographers alike.

Explore Costa Rica’s biodiversity on a Monteverde Cloud Forest guided tour with a knowledgeable local naturalist. Enjoy a small-group nature walk for wildlife lovers and curious travelers. Follow lush cloud forest trails as your guide helps you discover birds, mammals, insects, orchids, and hidden details that often escape an untrained eye. Learn how plants and animals thrive in this extraordinary ecosystem. Professional optical equipment provides closer wildlife views while your guide explains cloud forest ecology, conservation, and natural history. With a maximum of 8 travelers, this Monteverde wildlife tour offers personal attention and time to observe, ask questions, and connect with nature. Wildlife sightings vary with season, weather, and natural activity. Finish at the Hummingbird Gallery, where you can look for colorful hummingbirds and capture photographs. Book your Monteverde nature tour and explore with expertise.

During your visit to Monteverde, see some of Costa Rica's most interesting insects at Selvatura Park's dedicated insect exhibition, which includes the 'Jewels of the Rain Forest' film showing multiple times per day.

Explore the delicious side of Monteverde with this coffee,chocolate, and wildlife night tour. You’ll be with a group, so you’ll keep costs down and meet a few new faces, too. First you’ll learn all about the coffee and chocolate production, with tasters. Then you’ll head into the Santa Elena reserve, where you’ll be given a flashlight to spot the critters that only come out at night.

Discover Finca Lantana Night Tour, a 2-hour walk in Cerro Plano, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Explore a family-run nature reserve after dark with a naturalist guide, searching for sloths, armadillos, porcupines, opossums, coatis, olingos, kinkajous, sleeping birds, and fascinating insects. This Monteverde night walk introduces you to the forest's nocturnal biodiversity. Look for resting toucans, motmots, and black guans, while observing branches and foliage for tree frogs, snakes, and other wildlife. Your guide explains animal behavior, nighttime adaptations, and the importance of habitat conservation. Each visit offers different discoveries, with sightings depending on weather, season, and wildlife activity. Join a small group of four to six guests for an engaging wildlife experience. Before entering Finca Lantana's trails, your guide provides flashlights and a brief introduction. Advance reservations are recommended, as spaces are limited.

Explore Monteverde's magnificent cloud forest from the air, and from multiple angles, on this combination canopy tour. Cross the rainforest on a series of hanging bridges; glide through the treetops in a gondola, and then soar through the misty canopy on a thrilling zipline course. No need to choose between activities: do all three in a single day with this complete package.

Don't settle for short, crowded adventure parks. Instead, experience the cloud forest from where it’s most dramatic—high above the ground—on this zipline adventure course at Selvatura Park, the only course located inside the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Fly from platform to platform across 13 ziplines, including some of Costa Rica’s longest, for a bird's-eye view of the forest.

If you're short on time in Monteverde Cloud Forest, then this comprehensive package of fun activities is a great option. In just one day, experience the thrill of soaring through the trees on a high-speed zipline, join a guided tour through three habitats (sloth, amphibians, and reptile), and head out along the sky bridges to get canopy-level views of the forest's diverse flora and fauna.

Nature hike in Curi-Cancha with Kevin | Monteverde, Costa Rica Discover the biodiversity of the Curi-Cancha Wildlife Refuge on a guided hike with Kevin. Explore this private refuge in Monteverde while learning about the plants and animals that inhabit Costa Rica's cloud forests. During the tour, Kevin will help him locate and observe the wildlife, sharing information about their behavior, habitats, and the surprising adaptations that allow them to survive. A professional telescope will facilitate the observation of birds and other animals in great detail, while maintaining a respectful distance. This experience combines wildlife observation and nature interpretation, ideal for those who wish to know the natural environment of Monteverde with the guidance of a specialized guide. Sightings vary according to natural conditions and animal activity.

Get into the cloud forest of Monteverde with this guided morning walk. For 2-3 hours, you will explore the flora, fauna, and history of the area. This isn’t a trekking tour, rather an exploration of the nature of the area. Your guide will be an expert naturalist, and bilingual, so you will have the opportunity to learn in depth about the cloud forest.

This is a tour designed with the objective that travelers from around the world who visit Monteverde have the unique opportunity to meet the Beautiful Resplendent Quetzal, an iconic bird of the Central American Cloud Forests and considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world. All Tours in Monteverde to have the opportunity to Observe Quetzales are through natural history or bird watching tours with durations of 5-6 hours. This is a tour exclusively for the Observation of the Resplendent Quetzal. It is a Tour Guided by the Experienced Diego Rodriguez, a Great Bird Watcher recognized in Costa Rica. with extensive experience in the Bird Field and Monteverde, this is an Incredible experience to have the opportunity to Observe the Resplendent Quetzal.

Improve your chances of seeing wildlife at the Curi-Cancha Reserve with this small-group guided hike. Follow your guide as you explore primary and secondary rainforests, learning about natural history, bird watching and spotting mammals. Well-suited for wildlife lovers and nature enthusiasts who want an intimate experience when exploring this reserve.

Skip crowded ground trails and experience the Monteverde Cloud Forest from multiple levels on this guided hanging bridges tour at Selvatura Adventure Park. Walk high above the forest floor as you cross eight suspended bridges—among the longest and strongest in Costa Rica—while your guide points out wildlife and explains the cloud forest ecosystem.

Get hands-on with Costa Rican home cooking at a family-run farm in Monteverde. Learn to prepare traditional bread and empanadas using recipes passed down through generations. After making the food, enjoy tasting what you’ve prepared in a welcoming setting with beautiful countryside views. It’s a chance to go beyond sampling local cuisine and learn how to make it yourself.

Discover a different side of the Monteverde cloud forest after dark on a guided wildlife walk along private trails. Accompanied by a naturalist, search for nocturnal species such as red-eyed tree frogs, tarantulas, snakes, and sloths. With much of the forest’s wildlife most active after sunset, this is an opportunity to experience Costa Rica’s biodiversity in a completely different light. Wildlife sightings vary depending on natural conditions.

Visit a fully functioning, family-owned dairy farm in Monteverde and enjoy interactive experiences only available to those on the tour. At Finca El Paraiso, feed baby animals, milk cows and goats, learn about organic dairy farming, and enjoy a home-cooked lunch of handmade tortillas and fresh cheese. See a Costa Rican farm in action on this unique, hands-on tour.

Experience the best of the Costa Rican rainforest on a combination canopy and hanging bridge tour, with entry to delightful butterfly gardens, too. Take a guided tour of the canopy, looking out for birds and wildlife and learning more about the biodiversity as you go. The hanging bridges provide unparalleled views of the canopy. Transfers from Monteverde hotels add extra convenience.

This guided walk offers an excellent opportunity to explore one of the most vibrant and biodiverse areas of the reserve along the "Corazón del Bosque" (Heart of the Forest) trail. Accompanied by a specialized naturalist guide, you will discover a unique ecosystem that researchers consider a true natural laboratory teeming with extraordinary biodiversity. During the tour, your guide will share fascinating information about the cloud forest and help you spot iconic species—such as the Emerald Toucanet, the majestic Resplendent Quetzal, and, with any luck, spider monkeys—while you enjoy breathtaking views of the Monteverde mountains. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve protects over 5,000 hectares of tropical forest, encompassing both primary and secondary forest areas. This natural sanctuary is home to numerous unique species that you can discover during a guided tour with an expert naturalist.

Curi-Cancha is a paradise for bird watchers. The resplendent quetzal, the three-wattled pavilion, the blue-crowned motmot, the orange-bellied trogon, and many others are frequently seen. In fact, more than 200 species of birds have been observed making their home in Curi-Cancha. Common sighting mammals include armadillo, coati, agouti, kinkajou, ocelot, two-toed sloth, and three species of monkeys: howler, white-faced capuchin, and spider monkey. Our groups are small of 8 people max

If you’d like to explore the many species of birds living in Monteverde with a private guide, then book this half day tour for you and your group. You can create your own itinerary, and won’t need to hassle with a large group tour. Use your provided HD telescope and field guide to find and photograph several species local to the Monteverde cloud forest.

Discover the lush landscape of Monteverde at night on the guided small-group evening tour. As you walk the grounds, be on the lookout for insects such as walking sticks, tarantulas, and leafcutter ants and mammals such as porcupines, opossums, and olingos. Depending on the weather conditions, you might also spot snakes and frogs.

Like much of the rainforest in central Costa Rica, the private Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge is home to special plants and wild animals—if you’re able to find them. With this small-group tour, explore the reserve with a guide who knows intimately where to find the best flora and fauna, and carries a professional spotting scope to help you see them. The tour is offered in English and Spanish to accommodate more travelers.