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Cloud Forest Night Tour in Monteverde: Discover Biodiversity after Sunset

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263 Ratings

Santa Elena

Experience the enchanting Cloud Forest Night Tour in Monteverde and discover the hidden biodiversity that comes alive after sunset. Join our expert naturalist guides on a magical journey into one of the world's most biodiverse forests.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Ficus Trails - Discover the hidden treasures of the tropics’ most endangered habitat, the Cloud Forest. Only 2% of the world is a Cloud Forest.

Join our Specialized Naturalist Guides in a Nature Quest.

A journey that will take you into the Cloud Forest right after the sun sets in the horizon, and the darkness reveals the magical world few human eyes have ever witnessed.

Every day at 6:00 p. m. and for approximately two hours you may experience the magical transformation that occurs within the heart of one of the most biodiversed forests in the world at Ficus Trails.

At this time in the forest the protagonists are the animals that live in this habitat, where you can see some birds sleeping, as well as the nightlife of animals like some mammals that go out to eat at this time.

Transportation, flashlights and Bilingual Naturalist Guides are always available.

Closed shoes, light poncho, long pants, jacket and camera are highly recommended.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bilingual guide
Flashlights
Transportation in Santa Elena - Monteverde area

What's Not Included

Ponchos

Additional Information

Join our Specialized Naturalist Guides in a Nature Quest.\n\n\xA0A journey that will take you into the Cloud Forest right after the sun sets in the horizon, and the darkness reveals the magical world few human eyes have ever witnessed.\n\n\xA0Every day at 6:00 p. m. and for approximately two hours you may experience the magical transformation that occurs within the heart of one of the most biodiversed forests in the world at Ficus Trails.\n\nEvery day at 8:00 p.m. and for about two hours you can experience the magical transformation that occurs in the heart of one of the most biodiverse forests in the world in Ficus Trails. You are requested to indicate at what time you wish to make the tour.\n\n\xA0transportation in the Monteverde-Santa Elena area, from 5:45 p.m., depending on how far the tour hotel is.\n\nClosed shoes, light poncho, long pants, jacket and camera are highly recommended. There is a maximum group size of 9.\xA0

Warm clothing.
There is no age limit or weight, (note 2 hours walking distance).
minimum 2 people per reservation

Location

El Terruño de los Torres

Hora de llegada no mas de las 5:50 pm.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Grigory_l

Jun 24, 2024

Great tour with snakes and spiders! - Amazing night tour and we saw a lot, including two green viper snakes in the trees, a sleeping toucan, armadillo, porky pine, tarantulas and lots of other creepy crawlies. The tour guide Brendon was knowledgable and answered all of our questions. They provided torches and divided you into small groups, which was great. The tour is on the edge of the rain forrest at the back of a farm, but dont let that put you off as you still get to see a lot! I would highly recommend this tour.

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Pamelamae0

May 12, 2024

Wonderful - The guide was earnest in spotting wildlife at night. He shared information about the local animals and plants. I am all praises about the guide and the tour, but if I have one little criticism, it would be with the people I was with in the group. I traveled solo and I was grouped with 3 other people, and one of them was obnoxious. He dampened the mood a little but the tour guide was awesome in keeping all of us engaged. Givrain (? I'm not sure how to spell his name) was our guide.

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Anvero

May 11, 2024

Amazing night walk - Incredible night walk. You can see lots of night animals on that tour. I would recommend taking a fully charged phone as you might use a torch to take good photos

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Stacey_b

May 10, 2024

Frogs galore! - We saw many frogs - we were lucky that it had just rained. We also saw two varieties of tarantula and some interesting insects. Unfortunately we didn't see any snakes or mammals, but that's just how it goes. Our guide was great and helped us take photos through his scope.

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Gabriellew449

May 7, 2024

Great for families with older kiddos. Lots of wildlife and laughs. - This was probably my 12-year-olds favorite tour of the entire trip to Costa Rica. Our guide Olman was funny and very knowledgeable about the wildlife. We saw snakes and frogs and lots of spiders. We saw some sleeping birds and even chatted about plants (my favorite). This tour was recommended to us by our airbnb host and I am so grateful for the recommendation. We had an awesome time and my son fell in love with the night creatures. Highly recommend!

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Jordan_f

May 6, 2024

Saw lots of amazing animals and tour guide was great! - Our guide was very knowledgeable and found a wide variety of wildlife that we would never have seen without him! We saw a kinkajou, tarantulas, all kinds of insects and a green tree viper! I would suggest bringing your own flashlight though because the ones provided were not very bright

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Madeline_a

May 4, 2024

Great for Creepy Crawler Enthusiasts! - I highly recommend a night tour! It's a great time to see all of the nocturnal creatures. Without our guide, Brandon's, help we would have missed so much! He was knowledgeable about the creatures in the forest and was able to spot them so quickly. We still don't know how he managed to spot the small green viper up in the tree! He was great and made the experience so much fun. We saw several tarantulas, various bugs, some frogs, and a snake!

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Brock_m

Apr 29, 2024

Great - Our guide was really thorough with spotting animals and ensuring everyone in the group saw them (either with naked eye or his telescope). He provided lots of information on everything we saw. We basically were looking at an animal constantly throughout the tour. The company has smooth pick-up and drop off. Although there were many participants, there was a max of 6-7 per guide which was helpful for seeing the animals

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Navarre_m

May 20, 2024

Awesome perspective of Monteverde in the evening! - Very cool night, hike! We were picked up and driven safely to our excursion, despite the very foggy and cloudy conditions. I applaud the driver our guide got us all set up with everything we needed on the night hike. We wore raincoats as it was drizzling a little bit that night. It was to be expected up in those parts of Costa Rica, but it didn’t bother us. We wore good hiking boots that navigated the trails really well. I recommend you wear hiking boots and not tennis shoes. Our guy was able to find all kinds of animals, and I appreciated his knowledge and expertise in where to find them. We saw frogs of all kinds, sleeping toucans, tarantulas, spiders, scorpions, and the blue morpho butterfly. We didn’t see any snakes, but I was more than ok with that. I wish the group had been slightly smaller size as it made for tight maneuvering on the trails when we all had to rotate to look through the scope at different critters on the trail. Cool experience though. Would highly recommend!

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John_d

Jun 26, 2024

Average - Pretty much as expected, neither excellent not terrible. You're given a dim flashlight and you and 11 other people (or so) follow the guide around some trails looking for things in the night. The guides were very knowledgeable, but the flashlights were low-quality rechargeables, meaning they died on several people. Additionally the guide suggests people change orders but never enforces it, so some people hogged the front.

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