Customer Travel Tips for Monteverde
Customer Travel Tips for Monteverde
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30 Jan 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Go to the cloud forest!
Liked: The cloud forest is beautiful!
Disliked: Not a nice bar present to relax after a day of hiking.
14 Jan 2017
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Make sure you check the weather before you go! Rain is fine because that's the whole point of being in a cloud rainforest but if it's too windy he parks will be closed.
Liked: Beautiful scenery, lots of activities to do.
Disliked: Not many cheap or free activities, do recommend climbing he ficus tree for free. If too windy the park is closed and it is hard to see wildlife.
25 Jul 2016
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Public bus to monteverde cloud reserve
Liked: Everything
Disliked: Hard to walk very steep
04 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Eat at sodas to save money.
Liked: Nature.
Disliked: Excursion prices.
08 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Bring cash for paying for tours.
Liked: Access to the cloud forest and all its wildlife. Many chances to view wildlife, many tours on offer. Lots of good food at very good prices.
Disliked: Windy and rainy, but that was the season!
30 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Only need to stay a few days there to have the full experience. Stick to sodas to keep costs down.
Liked: Beautiful place
Disliked: Restaurants were overpriced
23 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Hike tres amigos and visit Marcus who lives on the top he will hook you up
Liked: Soda San saldivida
Disliked: Tourist trap, rainy season sucks
21 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Pack warm and for wet weather.
Liked: Extremo package for ziplining/bungee jumping was totally worth it.
Disliked: Didn't thinking it would be this cold, pack warm clothes.
19 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: All the activities are expensive so be prepared to spend some money if you want to do any of the activities, I would recommend Cabinas Vista Al Golfo it was a great hostel and I had a great experience.
Liked: Lots of clouds forest and activities to do! Lovely little restaurants and coffee shops around the town
Disliked: Definitely a small town and lots of tourism if that's what you are looking for
01 May 2015
Travel Type:
As a family with children
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: The nights were a little cool so one should be prepared to bring a light jacket and a few warm clothes. If you are renting a car, make you you have very good insurance coverage (buy the all inclusive package from the car rental company) as the gravel roads are unreal, huge potholes and slow driving.
Liked: It was very beautiful scenery, a quiet place yet provides many activities to do if you like to go on tours.
Disliked: The gravel roads leading to Monteverde were tough to drive.
14 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
As a family with children
Trip Type:
Family Holiday
Customer Travel Tip: Don't miss the zip lines
Liked: The scenery
Disliked: Difficult bus journey
05 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: You need long pants, closed shoes and a jacket. It is windy and cloudy.
Liked: The nature, the people and just the nice trips/adventures
Disliked: No
26 Mar 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Take the jeep-boat-jeep option to La Fortuna
Liked: Cloud forest, extremo zip lining.
Disliked: Expensive restaurants
17 Mar 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: 3 days here
Liked: Many activities
Disliked: Small town
16 Feb 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Wear a rain jacket.
Liked: Small town. Heaps of stuff to do.
Disliked: Not a whole lot going on.
01 Feb 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Enjoy!
Liked: Awesome time! Great zipline, people are awesome here. Town feels really safe. Just a little peace of heaven on earth.
Disliked: No
29 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Night walk
Liked: Nature
Disliked: Weather
25 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Zip lining is a must!!!
Liked: Friendly people Lots of activities to do
Disliked: Not much to do in the evenings
23 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: National parks
Liked: Mild climate, mountain view
Disliked: Extreme prices, especially food
12 Jan 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Gear up and go for it.
Liked: Amazing feeling walking in the cloud forest.
Disliked: Not disliked but don't forget your raincover.