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Monteverde [1] is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, [2] located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Central Valley, Monteverde is one of the country's major ecotourism destinations, with the Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde (Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve) being the largest, in addition to several other ...
A green-crowned brilliant in the Monteverde Cloud Forest. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde) is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces.
National Tertiary Route 606, or just Route 606 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Terciaria 606, or Ruta 606) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the Guanacaste, Puntarenas provinces. [1] It is known as Carretera a Monteverde, between Route 1 in Puntarenas province and Monteverde. It is the main access road to the dairy farms and tourist ...
Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone (Spanish: Zona Protectora Arenal-Monteverde), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area, it was created in 1977 by decree 6778-A. [1] [2]
The capital is Puntarenas.The province covers an area of 11,266 square kilometres (4,350 sq mi), and has a population of 410,929. [2] It is subdivided into 11 cantons.For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.
The Selvatura Adventure Park, or Monteverde Nature Center, Sloth habitat and Butterfly Gardens is a nature center in Monteverde, northwestern Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It is located in the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range, close to the village of Santa Elena .
The Monteverde Theme Park, previously known as Frog Pond Ranarium (Spanish: Ranario de Monteverde), located in Santa Elena, north of Monteverde, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, is a frog pond turned animal theme park that houses a butterfly farm with approximately 30 live butterfly species [1] and other insects and over 25 species of frogs and other amphibians from around the country in a ...
Serpentario de Monteverde (Snake Tour Herpetarium) is an urban park of approximately 14 hectares (35 acres), located in southern Monteverde, in the Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. [1] It has an average altitude of 1327 meters and is contiguous to the Monteverde Orchid Garden to the north and the Butterfly Garden to the south.