Monteverde, Costa Rica
August, 2011
We did a trip to a town called Monteverde for the adventure of zip lining!. Monteverde is located at 5000 feet elevation and is home to The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. The surrounding area is famous for all kinds of adventure tours and its quite beautiful because you are literally living among the clouds.
Our Accommodation - B&B in Monteverde
Deb talked with a really nice couple who own "Rio Shanti" a yoga and massage business. They offered to have us stay in their Casita which was located away from the noisy main streets and up on hills of Monteverde. The location was so lovely and we're so glad we got to meet them.
The Town of Santa Elena (Monteverde)
You can see from the pictures, that the town is often socked in with clouds because the elevation is so high.
The Zip Lining Tour
We started the zip line tour at 7:30am and began with a gondola ride to the tree tops where the zip lines begin. We then zipped lined our way back down to the bottom through a series of 9 lines. When we reached the first zip line, the clouds were still socked in and the zip line disappeared into "nothing", making it an eery first attemp.....But flying through the clouds way above the tree tops was an amazing experience! As we made our way down, the clouds burned off and the sun began to shine. The only unfortunate part was being splattered by rust because the lines were wet from the cloudy mist! Ater our zip line tour was over, we walked the hanging bridges over the forest canopy which was so tranquil and beautiful!
Video from our Tour Guide