Exploring Monteverde

Coatimundi busy digging a hole on the lawn	Very early morning from our hotel window	Very early morning from our hotel window	Coatimundi busy digging a hole on the lawn
Very early morning from our hotel window	Very early morning from our hotel window	Very early morning from our hotel window	Early morning view overlooking the gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific Ocean
Members of our tour group doing Tai Chi exercises in front of the hotel room	The building with our hotel rooms	Heading down the hill from the hotel room to the restaurant	The coatimundi next to the road
Heading down the hill from the hotel room to the restaurant	A gracle, I believe	Building within our hotel property	At the entrance to our hotel
Entrance to the hotel restaurant	Entrance to the hotel restaurant	Passing a park in the cloud forest	Road to Selvatura Adventure Park
Sign for the treetop walkway at Selvatura Adventure Park	Instructions for the canopy ride	Geared up for the canopy ride	On a zipline in Selvatura Adventure Park
In the cloud forest of Selvatura Adventure Park	Waiting to access the second set of zip lines	Waiting in line for the zipline	Waiting in line for the zipline
How to place your hand on the zip line	Zip line in the canopy tour	Selvatura Adventure Park Canopy rides	At the Selvatura Adventure Park
Selvatura Adventure Park	Selvatura Adventure Park	Cloud forest at Selvatura Adventure Park	Vegetation in the cloud forest
Vegetation in the cloud forest	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Underbrush in the cloud forest
Underbrush in the cloud forest	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	In the cloud forest	In the cloud forest
Vegetation in the cloud forest	Vegetation in the cloud forest	A hidden blue morpho butterfly	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park
A view from the trail through the cloud forest	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park
Above the canopy of the Cloud Forest	In the middle of one of the longer hanging bridges	Aboce the canopy of the cloud forest in Monteverde	Above the canopy of the Cloud Forest
One of the hanging bridges	A tree trunk that looks like the face of a monkey	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Taking a picture of the miniature orchid
A miniature orchid growing on a leaf	Cinchona plants that produce quinine, I believe	One of the hanging bridges	In the cloud forest
In the cloud forest	Hanging bridges of Selvatura Adventure Park	Lunch of Casado at the Cafe Monteverde	Layout of Cafe Monteverde
Heavy rain pours down at Cafe Monteverde	Our tour guide at Monteverde Cafe	Our tour guide at Monteverde Cafe	After the presentation at Monteverde Cafe
Monteverde Cafe Tour	Heavy downpour while at the Monteverde Cafe	Monteverde Cafe Tour	Heavy rain during the Monteverde Cafe tour
Coffee sampling at Monteverde Cafe	Coffee sampling at Monteverde Cafe	One of the coffees sampled at Monteverde Cafe	The gift shop at Cafe Monteverde
Exploring the hotel property and its steep roads	Exploring the hotel property	View of valley from the top section of the hotel property	Viewpoint on hotel grounds below the top of the mountain
Evening sky from our hotel room	Evening skies over the hotel property	A butterfly in every meal at Restaurant Morphos