MonteVerde

Monteverde is a small town that is located in the province of Puntarenas. Monteverde is considered a major tourist destination that brings many avid eco-tourists to the region due to the biodiversity and many reserves, including the the most popular Biological Bosque Nuboso Monteverde.

Situated at 4,662 ft (1,440 m) above sea level, Monteverde, Costa Rica is a lot like the United States’ Pacific Northwest region — evergreen due to the precipitation and moisture-filled clouds which hover over the horizon on an almost daily basis. Monteverde’s cloud forests are the byproduct of fog (a thick, low-hanging cloud) tangling amongst the leaves and branches of the forest canopy. When these water-based clouds come into contact with solid plant material, the plant absorbs what it needs and the remaining water condenses and drips down — layer by layer, organism by organism — until it reaches the forest floor.