Your Hidden Canopy concierge and hosts can arrange various tours within the Monteverde area during your stay. For details, please inquire at reception or send an email to info@HiddenCanopy.com after booking your Hidden Canopy accommodations.

Please note: Hidden Canopy tours and tour guides are only available to Hidden Canopy guests.

A few of our favorite tours:

• Guided Cloud Forest Experience The Cloud Forest in Monteverde offers one of the most unique climates in the world. Birdwatchers will delight in the marvels of the cloud forest, which is located along the Continental Divide! This is probably one of Hidden Canopy's most popular tours. Groups are small and intimate (semi-private, only Hidden Canopy guests) and leave at 8:00am daily, allowing time for breakfast and then a full morning hike. View mammals, birds and learn about the local ecology. Have your camera with you! Common sightings include the Resplendent Quetzal, Emerald Toucanette and Bell Bird. It's not all about the birds though as sloths, and the occasional monkey roam these forests as well. Speaking of the forest, this habitat is brimming with life-on-top-of-life as epiphytes and orchids cover the trees. Usually the guided hike is in the Curicancha Reserve. Occasionally guides lead walks on the hanging bridges at treetop level depending on seasonality, animal and bird sightings. Duration: approximately 3 hours. Departures: 8:00am and 1:00pm (afternoon tour depends on weather).
  
  Local unguided Hanging Bridges tours can also be done on your own, with or without transport included, for a lovely afternoon followup.
  
  
• Guided Night Tour After the sunset hour, take a stroll through the nighttime forest in search of sleeping birds, tarantulas, sloths, kinkajous and other local nocturnal wildlife. Much of the wildlife here is nocturnal. This is a semi-private tour with only Hidden Canopy clients at a special hour to ensure that you are not interrupted during afternoon cocktail hour. This is an easy night time walk through the cloud forest, an amazing place where one can see life-on-top-of-life and maybe even endemic or endangered species. Duration: 2 hours. Departure: 5:45pm nightly.
  
  
• Organic Coffee Tours in Monteverde or San Luis. Learn about the coffee process as well as the fair trade market within the industry. After touring the farm, sample fresh brewed coffee in the home of a local campesino farmer. This is real Costa Rica life. A bilingual guide will lead you through the coffee farm, showing the process from plant to cup. This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in a Costa Rican tradition and purchase coffee direct from coffee growers. Duration: approximately 3 hours, with morning and afternoon departures.
  
  
• Canopy Zipline Tours Experience an adrenaline rush with great views. Soar through the air, among the treetops, with a focus on security and excellent guides. Leaving multiple times daily with pickups at Hidden Canopy -- remember to wear your least favorite dark clothing, you may come home a little dirty. Duration: approximately 2.5 to 3 hours.
  
  Help us decide which features appeal to you most. Here are some of our favorites.
  
  
  • Nature's Way - Discover the wonders of nature while participating in a series of thrilling activities that include 10 zip lines, the Tarzan Swing, hammock bridges, rappelling, and the unique opportunity to ascend inside an ancient ficus tree to a height of 100ft. Small and intimate groups. This is nature at her best.
    
    
  • The Big Green - With 13 cables, including a 1 km cable, 15 platforms, and a Tarzan Swing, you will be soaring through the cloud forest canopy amongst the giant trees for 2.2 miles of pure fun. This tour includes some special add-ons. like the optional Tarzan Swing, for some additional adrenaline or you can upgrade your zipline experience with the famous Superman-style on the last cable. There is also a suspended bridges tour available as an add on.
    
    
  • Cablecar to the Heavens - Conquer 7 ziplines ranging from 460 to 2460 feet in length, soaring at heights of up to 328 feet. Enrich your experience with beautiful views from the calm cablecar during your ascent. A good choice for guests with slight mobility or shoulder issues. Total zipline ride spans 1.9 miles. For the bold, embrace your inner adventurer with the (completely voluntary) plunge from a 80-foot-high vertigo drop. There is also a suspended bridges tour available as an add on.
    
    
• Waterfall Hike: Moderate to difficult remote hiking across 5km of trails with four different stunning waterfalls and rustic suspended bridges. Spend a wonderful half day on this adventure, with a traditional Costa Rican lunch included. Horseback ride or 4x4 back up from the valley or, for the truly in shape, hike the last 3km straight up and out.
  
  
• Self Guided Reserve Hikes in stunning local reserves: Santa Elena Reserve, Monteverde, Children’s Eternal Rainforest (Bajo el Tigre), Curicancha, Ecological Sanctuary.
  
  

There are also a number of Art Galleries, Butterflies, night-time Frog Pond, the Sloth Sanctuary, Chocolate tour, Horseback riding tours, and the wonderful Bat Jungle to explore! Don't forget our Hummingbirds and private on-site Trail too. You just let us know what your particular interests are and we’ll be sure to help coordinate the activities during your stay with us!