Monteverde

Monteverde, Costa Rica – 2019. We spent two nights in Monteverde and while there visited the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Monteverde Hummingbird Gallery and did the El Trapiche Tour which is a walk through a family owned plantation which included demonstrations on refining sugar cane, processing cocoa and coffee.
Green hills between Lake Arenal and Monteverde, Costa Rica
Wind mills on the hills between Lake Arenal and Monteverde, Costa Rica
Our first view of the Pacific – Colorado Gulf as seen from near Monteverde, Costa Rica
A wild flower in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
A very large ant on a fern. Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Very small mushrooms and other growth, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
A dead tree used by Quetzal for nesting, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Vines and trees in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Happy face. Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Miniature orchards, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
An Agouti, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Air plants in the trees near the entrance to Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Howler monkey in the trees near the entrance to Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
Sugar cane at El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Macadamia nuts growing at El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
The old fashioned manual way of hulling dried coffee cherries, El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Dried coffee cherries. El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Hulled and cleaned coffee beans before sorting and roasting. El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Coffee cherries. The red ones are ripe and ready for picking. El Trapiche, Monteverde, Costa Rica
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