Hotel Heliconia

Hotel Heliconia is located in Monteverde, a privileged location, that places it near two of the most beautiful protected tropical forests in Costa Rica, the well known Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and the Santa Elena Rain Forest Reserve (at 4 miles).

Hotel Heliconia sits at the foot of the Finca Heliconia which boasts virgin forest at its upper elevations, only 300 meters above the hotel and views of the Nicoya Gulf. Hotel Heliconia offers a perfect setting for the visitors who love bird-watching, nature photography and serenity of a mountain retreat. It has been designed to offer home-style comfort in the warmth of all wood construction, assuring the guest an unforgettable vacation. In the misty cloud forest, visitors will see one of the richest and most abundant displays of flora in the world. The cloud forest houses a wealth of wildlife. The area in which this forests is found is one of the few remaining zones in Central America where the resplendent quetzal finds protection. Sightings sometimes depend on patience and luck.

Hotel Heliconia has 32 spacious rooms which have been designed to offer home-style comfort in the warmth of all wood construction. Every room has a single and a double bed with orthopedic mattress, generous storage, a private safe for valuables, private bathroom with hot water, and the luxury of a bathtub to sooth tired muscles.

The hotel's restaurant offers a great variety of foods of unique taste, prepared with the freshest ingredients, meats, vegetables and seafood. Hotel Belmar also offer a wide variety of desserts originally prepared by chef. In the bar you can enjoy national and international drinks, soft drinks as well as cocktails.

Bird Watching Mecca

Hotel Heliconia offers a perfect setting for the visitors who love bird watching, nature photography and the serenity of a mountain retreat. Birdwatchers will be delighted to admire many of the different species that live in our forest. Such as the three wattled bellbird, the long tailed manakin, emerald toucan and wide variety of hummingbirds.

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has earned its fame as one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the New World tropics. Positioned atop the Continental Divide in western Costa Rica, the Preserve extends down both the Caribbean and Pacific slopes.

The resultant combination of climatic and geographic factors creates temperature and humidity gradients which change dramatically over relatively short distances. The altitude varies from about 600 meters in the lower reaches of the Peñas Blancas River, to 1842 meters at the top of Cerro Tres Amigos.