Explore the Cloud Forest with Local Guide + HD Scope&Binoculars
Monteverde, Costa Rica
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
What's Included
- HD Spotting scope
- HD Binoculars
- Guide
- Photos
- Parking lot
- Entrance fee to the reserve not included$25.00 per person
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Reserva Curi Cancha300 m noroeste Fabrica de Quesos Monteverde, Provincia de Puntarenas, Monteverde, 60109, Costa Rica
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
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Curi-Cancha Reserve
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Featured review
Barbara_H
Steven was such a good guide. So knowledgeable on all the flora and fauna!
Wear hiking boots since the pathway is muddy and slick.
Reviews
3.7
based on 24 reviews
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Riley_K, Sep 2024
The guide stood me up. I waited for an hour and finally reached out to viator customer service. I received a full refund but was very disappointed. I do not recommend using this vendor for a tour as I read through other reviews once I had my poor experience and realized I'm not the first and likely not the last to be stood up. Doing waste your time and money with this vendor. This location one you can check out without a guide.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
We extend our apologies with your situation, our guide couldn’t show up, the refund was immediately processed.
Also we will no longer accept reservations for only one person, minimum required is 2 people
Austin_M, Apr 2024
The guide was not that personable. Luck of the draw I guess. He and another guy in the tour were dead set on spotting a quetzel. Which is the main bird to see out here I get. But me and my friends felt like afterthoughts. The guide was good at placing the scope on some exotic creatures like the monkeys and other birds. Allowed us to get some cool pics. Definitely wouldn’t have seen much without him. But walking away from it I felt bland.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Pura vida, glad you got to see some cool stuff
Marsha_K, Apr 2024
Viator ditched me. My tour person didn’t show. When I called he said Viator had sent him a cancellation. What happened is my credit card was compromised so I cancelled it between the time I made a reservation and payment. Viator cancelled my reservation and told me to rebook. I did so whit a good credit card. But the guide said he didn’t get that. Call me to work out a credit.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Hope you got to fix the inconvenient
Christian_M, Mar 2024
Whilst ultimately the tour was very good and the cloud forest and guide were amazing and knowledgeable the overall experience wasn't great. No where in the description in this tour does it state too make your tour run on time that you would have to turn up to the ticketing office early and get into thr most disorganised ticket purchasing system I have ever encountered. It wasn't clear that we would actually need to buy our ticket and our guide was late and it wasn't clear who it was. We found another couple on the same tour who had run into the same problem. So my advice before booking this tour is understand that you need to arrive at the ticketing office early, put your name down to get into a queue to get tickets, which in the morning took 45minutes extra because none of this was clear and ultimately 45mins off our tour time.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Thank for you recommendations, in addition to comment, during the high season is good to buy the tickets with at least two days of anticipation thru the official website of the cloud forest reserve
Pura vida
Kelly_R, Mar 2024
Cloud forest is beautiful. Very crowded. Hiked afterwards on our own to continental divide. Much quieter and amazing views.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
thank you, pura vida
alisaholland, Mar 2024
Our guide was a no-show. THANKFULLY a guide was hanging out at the entrance with no guests and communicated with our missing guide on our behalf. (I had no response from them when I attempted via viator). He absorbed his duty and pre-paid price. We are thankful to Juan Carlos for saving us and finding our resplendent quetzal!! There's no way we would have been so successful without a guide so I most definitely recommend one. Just not this one.
Edward_J, Mar 2024
Our guide Raul was excellent, he is a very knowledgeable biologist, very caring about all life in nature. He found many amazing animals, birds, insects. It was clear that all other guides treated him with respect and asked for guidance. It wasn’t about how far we walked, it was about where the animals were. Yes I would recommend
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Dear Guest,
Thank you for sharing your experience
Susan_B, Feb 2024
Our guide Dani found birds etc that we never would have seen in our own. Amazing pictures and memories
Barbara_H, Jan 2024
Steven was such a good guide. So knowledgeable on all the flora and fauna!
Wear hiking boots since the pathway is muddy and slick.
Donna_T, Dec 2023
Dani was super friendly and knowledgeable. You could tell that he is very passionate about nature and the area. We saw a lot of animals, birds especially, and our guide helped us make the best pictures. Would definitely recommend!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Pura vida thank you for sharing
Scott_G, Aug 2023
Better off walking through the cloud forest on your own. People doing that saw more animals and were able to do it at a better pace. Group was too big as well.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Yea, nature is very unpredictable when it comes to see wildlife, but there is also lots of natural history information of everything that surround us in this very mystic environment.
Thank you for comment and Pura Vida
Sylvie_R, Mar 2024
Pas de guide une réservation annulée de votre part la veille et en attente de votre remboursement
80 dollars pour deux avec en plus l’entrée du parc à payer
Bref à ne pas refaire
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Dear Guest,
Thank you for sharing your experience, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this cancellation caused you.
We would like to clarify that the cancellation was communicated within the timeframe established in our booking policy, and a full refund was promptly processed as a gesture of good faith and in keeping with our commitment to fair and transparent service.
We take every guest's experience seriously
Warm regards,
The Olingo Expeditions Team
Marco_M, Mar 2024
Tour war gut, Guide Daniel war bemüht uns einige Tiere zu zeigen. Hat bei guten Bildern gerne unterstützt.
Tour auf englisch war gut verständlich.
Bitte vorher beachten, dass noch ein Eintritt für in den Wald zusätzlich fällig wird. Kostet zwar nochmals 26 Dollar pro Person aber man kann sich danach noch den Tag selber im Wald aufhalten. Sehr zu empfehlen, da die Tour eher kurz ist mit 1,5 Stunden und der Wald deutlich grösser.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your comment pura vida
Christoph_V, Mar 2024
Meermaals de quetzal gezien, een aapje en vogelspin🤩 ook een gids met veel kennis van zaken, ik wist niet wat te verwa heen maar het was een leuke ervaring
Ellen_t, Dec 2023
Het wordt allemaal erg slecht aangegeven, waar je moet parkeren, aanmelden en tickets kopen. Daarom waren wij ook wat later. Vervolgens werden we naar meerdere mensen gestuurd en bij de kassa liet ik mijn ticket zien van Viator waar op stond dat we een rondleiding met een gids hadden geboekt. Zij gaven aan dat dit ongeldig is omdat dit geen gidsen zijn van daar. Dus wij hadden voor bijna €50 tickets geboekt voor een gids maar kregen dus uiteindelijk helemaal geen gids!!!… Contact gehad met Viator en zij met de gids, kregen uiteindelijk maar helft van het geld terug terwijl wij er weinig aan konden doen. Erg slecht, duur grapje
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Dear Guest,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We are sorry to hear your visit did not go as expected, and we would like to offer some important clarification.
After reviewing your booking, it appears that the ticket purchased through Viator corresponded to a different product than the guided tour we offer directly. Unfortunately, third-party platforms sometimes list experiences under similar names that do not reflect what our guides provide on-site. Our team is not in a position to honor tickets booked for a separate service, as this falls outside our direct reservations and operational agreements.
We understand this situation was confusing and frustrating, and we regret that it impacted your visit. We would encourage you to continue your conversation with Viator, as the responsibility for the booking discrepancy lies with the platform through which the purchase was made.
We hope you were still able to enjoy some of what Monteverde has to offer, and we would welcome the opportunity to host you properly should you return.
Warm regards,
The Olingo Expeditions Team
Ulrike_S, Jul 2023
Unser Guide sprach sehr gut Englisch und hatte ein gutes Auge um Tiere zu entdecken. Er hat uns viel erklärt und wir haben viele Dinge von ihm gelernt und erfahren. Er war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit und unsere Kinder hatten Spass mit ihm. Wir haben viele Tiere gesehen, Faultiere, Affen, Heuschrecken, Frösche, Spinnen, Vögel etc. Ein Highlight.
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