Monteverde Cloud Forest and The Quakers
A private reserve, Monteverde plays home to
Easily adapting to their new home in Monteverde, the initial Quaker settlers entered into the dairy farming and cheese making business. Today, the cheese from Monteverde is some of the best in the country and is sold all over.
The Quakers have played a huge role in developing Monteverde into the region it is. Firm believers in conservation, the community together with the help of organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy, were able to raise money and started buying off huge hectares of the cloud forest in 1972, to protect this habitat from being destroyed or overdeveloped. This initial effort is what started the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, which today is over 17,000 hectares of pristine jungle.
Showcasing a plethora of unique and exotic animals and plants, the Monteverde area is home to resplendent quetzal, ruby red poison dart frogs, over 300 species of orchids and the rare and endemic golden toad. With an almost mystical environment due to the cloud cover in the area, this region is a lush and dense place with unparallel greenery.
This is the ideal ecotourism destination with plenty to do and see including, hiking, horseback riding, bird watching, canopy tours and skywalks.
