Monteverde Cloud Forest at 7000 ft elevation
Hotel Montana has spacious rooms covering the hillside.
Our view looking west to the Gulf of Nicoya (50 miles away)
Bananaquits assemble near the hummingbird feeders
Coatimundi also likes hummingbird food
A Gray Fox appears as evening approaches
Tree fern on the trail at Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve
Monteverde trail - many birds and a special treat
Two-toed sloth - our guide (Bernal) took this picture through his scope
Sloth eats only leaves. Which end is up?
Sloth's face is the dark patch, center left
Orange-bellied Trogon is only found at Monteverde
Strangler fig - a vine that grows on a host tree from the top down
Eventually the tree dies and the fig roots support it - looking up inside the “tree”
New roots on the outside keep it growing
Monteverde waterfalls
Bernal (guide), Santiago (driver), Gloria, and Mary
Bob gets into a picture, too
One more sunset from our room
AM visit to the Butterfly garden before our departure
The Gulf of Nicoya as we head down the mountain.
Looking back toward the Cloud Forest above
