Bring your camera, we will provide binoculars for use during the tour.

We recommend the Monteverde Outdoor Center.

Popular hotels and lodging in Monteverde include Fonda Vela, Hotel Belmar, Trapp Family Lodge, and Mariposa B&B.

Popular hotels in Santa Elena and Los Llanos include Monteverde Lodge & Gardens, Arco Iris, Ficus, Poco a Poco, Casa Batsú, Valle Campana, La Pradera Monteverde, and El Sol (La Lindora).

Popular hotels in Cerro Plano include El Establo, Cabañas Los Pinos, Monteverde Country Lodge, Cala Lodge, and Historias B&B.

We strongly urge you to purchase travel insurance for the duration of your stay in Costa Rica. Our transport vehicle has insurance, and all trails in the area have insurance.

Pasión Costa Rica’s tours involve some inherent risk due to the physical nature of the tours as well as the presence of wildlife where the tours take place. Pasión Costa Rica may not be held responsible for an encounter with any wildlife or natural disaster/occurrence. Pasión Costa Rica is not responsible for lost, broken or stolen items such as jewelry, money, cameras, passports, day packs, etc.

Though most Pasión Costa Rica tours are non-strenuous and take place on well-kept trails, it is recommended that clients be in good physical condition without any recent surgery, heart condition, injury, or pregnancy beyond 36 weeks. If a client takes medication such as allergy pills and needs them with him/her or has other medical concerns, please have him/her inform the guide.

A Cloud Forest Tour is not a safari or a zoo-like experience. First and foremost it is a natural history walk. Quetzals, bellbirds, sloths, monkeys and other awesome wildlife sightings are goals we aim for during every tour, and we will do our darned best to encounter them. Tip: mammals are sometimes easier to see during a night tour than a day tour.

Approximately 3 hours. The pace is slow and leisurely, focused on learning about the forest. You’ll usually cover about 1 – 2.5 km. Please remember, it’s an educational tour, not an adrenaline tour.

Our guided tours are walks meant for all levels of fitness. If you are interested in a longer hike focused on distance and different terrains, contact us for more info.

There are many guides in Monteverde with decades of experience, encyclopedic knowledge, and the soft skills to run exceptional tours.  As such, many guides have a non-traditional education and don’t hold specific certifications. There are also guides who have completed a more traditional academic guide training. We value and support both experiences, as long as we feel the individual guide meets our standards of a personalized, high-quality tour. 

You can certainly visit the cloud forest of Monteverde without a guide. However, we recommend hiring a guide.  It’s like our friends at Casa Batsú say, “you can visit a museum and browse without a tour guide, but unless you have someone to show you the intricacies of the works of art, you won’t be able to fully appreciate them.” This is how we feel about our forests.

Bring your camera, we will provide binoculars for use during the tour.

We recommend the Monteverde Outdoor Center.

Popular restaurants are Choco-Café, The Treen, Sabor Tico, Don Luis, De Lucía, and Boca2Café.

Popular hotels and lodging in Monteverde include Fonda Vela, Hotel Belmar, Trapp Family Lodge, and Mariposa B&B.

Popular hotels in Santa Elena and Los Llanos include Monteverde Lodge & Gardens, Arco Iris, Ficus, Poco a Poco, Casa Batsú, Valle Campana, La Pradera Monteverde, and El Sol (La Lindora).

Popular hotels in Cerro Plano include El Establo, Cabañas Los Pinos, Monteverde Country Lodge, Cala Lodge, and Historias B&B.

Your online credit card payment is safe and secure; the service is provided by Trust My Travel via Bokun’s reservation and payment system.

For online bookings, cancellations must be received at least 24hr ahead of time for a full refund. For email bookings, cancellations must be requested in writing. contact us for details.

Yes, all our tours include the required taxes which are 0% VAT through June 30, 2021, and 4% VAT beginning July 1 2021.

• Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff.

• Social distancing enforced throughout experience.

• Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas.

• Gear/equipment sanitized between use.

• Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized.

• Guides required to regularly wash hands.

We put safety first, see more details in our Health & Safety section. 

We strongly urge you to purchase travel insurance for the duration of your stay in Costa Rica. Our transport vehicle has insurance, and all trails in the area have insurance.

Pasión Costa Rica’s tours involve some inherent risk due to the physical nature of the tours as well as the presence of wildlife where the tours take place. Pasión Costa Rica may not be held responsible for an encounter with any wildlife or natural disaster/occurrence. Pasión Costa Rica is not responsible for lost, broken or stolen items such as jewelry, money, cameras, passports, day packs, etc.

Though most Pasión Costa Rica tours are non-strenuous and take place on well-kept trails, it is recommended that clients be in good physical condition without any recent surgery, heart condition, injury, or pregnancy beyond 36 weeks. If a client takes medication such as allergy pills and needs them with him/her or has other medical concerns, please have him/her inform the guide.