Monteverde Cloud Rainforest definitely is among the top ten recommended destinations in Costa Rica. Monteverde Clould Rainforest has an interesting story of how it was founded and why it became popular. It was after 1951 that Monteverde Cloud Rainforest starts to become popular when a group of 44 Quakers settlers that came from USA, after four of them were jailed for refusing to register for the draft. They were looking for a peace oriented country where they could also be close to nature. They found the perfect spot between the mountains of Costa Rica, next to the lush Monteverde Cloud Rainforest. A third of the land acquired was left untouched, and in 1972 the Quakers, with the help of other organizations bought more land adjoining the reserve, to help preserve more areas of the invaluable Monteverde Cloud Rainforest. These Quaker settlers founded a dairy farming and cheese producing community on the mountains next to Monteverde Cloud Rainforest. From producing 22 pounds of cheese daily in 1951 and selling it to the nearby communities now produce 2200 pounds daily thanks to their modern cheese factory, and are currently one of the main cheese manufactures in Costa Rica.

Activities recommended at the mountains of Monteverde Cloud Rainforest would be visiting the Butterfly Garden and the Hummingbird Gallery. Both of which are really amazing, informative tours. If you are more a hiking and bird watching kind of tour person, Monteverde Cloud Rainforest would be the place you want to be. You can visit either the Bosque Eterno de los Niños, Finca Ecologica, Reserva Sendero Tranquilo, Hidden Valley Trail, or Cerro Amigos which is free hiking tour option. For the rest of them you have to pay entrance fee. When visit Monteverde Cloud Rainforest you also want to do the relaxing 1.2 mile Sky Walk tour. This tour consists of a series of high altitude suspended bridges where you will be able to spot lots of bird species while you gaze down at the embracing mountains of Monteverde Cloud Rainforest. The best canopy tours are to be found in the mountains of Monteverde Costa Rica, horseback riding, if you are into that, is also recommended.

Costa Rica has a list of birds of 894 species altogether. Monteverde Costa Rica is definitely an attraction for the bird watchers, because of the unique Monteverde Cloud Rainforest which contains a 400 list of birds that have been recorded in the area, list of bird species that is, of course. The beautiful Quetzal, is the bird that most visitors want and expect to see at Monteverd Cloud Rainforest; and if you have ever seen one you know why. Patience and practice will definitely be necessary if you want to spot a good fraction of those 400 species of Costa Rica birds at Monteverde Reserve, and in any other place you go for that matter.