Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
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| The locals will tell you Monteverde is the only place in the country with three clearly defined seasons: wet, dry and misty. The latter is caused by wind-driven clouds from the Atlantic that bathe the forest November through February and blow mist across the ridge. | ||||||
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Eco-tourism was born in the cloud forest of Monteverde, as well as innovative ways to experience it, such as canopy tours through the trees and hanging bridges connecting mountains. This surreal world is filled with animals and plants in numbers too large to count. Monteverde means green mountain in Spanish and the name couldn't be more appropriate. Monteverde community was founded in 1951 by 44 Alabama Quakers who fled the draft and settled in peaceful Costa Rica.
Some of the country’s best dairy products are still manufactured at the visitor-friendly plant and are exported to international markets. Right from the start, the Quaker settlers enforced conservation policies responsible for Monteverde’s world-renown environmental treasures. |
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Monteverde is Costa Rica’s green jewel, an environmental amusement park where nature rules and conservation is part of everyday life.
After exploring different regions they immediately fell in love with Monteverde and purchased 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land overlooking the Gulf of Nicoya. Economic prosperity followed when they started a cheese-making industry with the 50 Jersey cattle they had brought from the United States.