The guide makes all the difference-Fernando was awesome! - Fernando was an absolutely awesome guide!

Highly recommend this knowledgeable guide! - Roy was an incredible guide. We did his tour with two young kids and he was so patient and provided such an incredible overview of the plants, insects, birds. His keen eye, knowledge, and genuine respect for nature make him an excellent guide! Would highly recommend!

Great - Fernando was very knowledgeable and friendly and knew so much about the ecosystem. A lovely day exploring the cloud forest.

Excellent tour with Fernando - I took a tour with Fernando through the Monteverde reserve and it was excellent! I recommend this guide because he doesn't stop enlightening you by explaining things to you and he knows a ton of places where you are sure to find animals. I saw some really beautiful things with him and it was very much worth it even though it was raining the whole tour. Also, he is not in a hurry and you can tell that he enjoys what he does! I recommend him 100%! Thank you Fernando for sharing your wisdom!

Book this tour! - Absolutely wonderful! If there is only one thing you do in Monteverde, book this guided tour. Roy was outstanding, knowledgeable and engaging. He has a true passion for the birds and wildlife and made sure we had a wonderful experience. We were so fortunate to see both a male and female queztal, toucan, owls, monkeys and so much more. An unforgettable tour, hope to work with Roy again when we visit again!

Great hike with Roy! - This was an amazing beginning to our trip! We arrived at the park and met Roy our guide for the day. He started us off with an introduction to some of the plant life and the honed in on two species of monkeys. We got to watch them swing through the trees through his scope. The hike continued with several more bits of information about the trees, and plants. We saw a third monkey species and several types of birds. The hike continued to a nice waterfall. Following the guided tour through the forest, Roy took us to the hummingbird area where there were several of them flitting about. We got some amazing pics and video! This is a worthwhile experience.

Cloud Forest - A Must See! - So worth going - Be sure to get a guide - Fernando was wonderful and we got to learn and experience nature.

Great tour with Roy! - Well worth the money and time. Roy was our tour guide and I highly recommend asking for him because he was so knowledgeable and really made the experience. If your wondering what time of the day do the morning for more chances at animals. We got to see so many animals and even some wild Toucans

Solid wildlife tour, great hummingbird garden, wide variability in whether there will be clouds - The park is very nice and it's a pleasant hike. Our guide was knowledgable, though he didn't spot quite as many animals as some of the guides on other hikes we did in Costa Rica. Most of the things he pointed out were plants. The hummingbird garden is really awesome and worth a visit all on its own, with nearly a dozen brightly plumed hummingbirds of various species active there when we visited. The star of the hike is, of course, the cloud forest. Unfortunately, there were actually no clouds on the day that we visited! Our guide explained that this is becoming increasingly common due to climate change and that the cloud forest climate is slowly migrating towards a rainforest climate. Previous visitors to Monteverde described a magical experience where you begin below the clouds, hike up through the fog, and come out on top of the cloud layer where you can see the clouds beneath you, which was what we were hoping for, but alas, it was not to be on the day that we visited. As a hike and wildlife tour, it wasn't bad, just not very different from the other hike/tours that you can do anywhere in Costa Rica. I'd give the tour 3 stars, the hummingbird garden 4 stars, and potentially 5 stars on a day where there are clouds.

Overall an OK experience.... - Overall an OK experience. We visited the Cloud Forest in July and It was raining throughout this tour. We hardly saw any wild life. Our guide was very nice and experienced and shared his knowledge about the trees, rain forest, the history of cloud forests, and the science behind the Biodiversity. The irony is that our guide was carrying a big spotting scope but did not use it once. It was disappointing that after paying a hefty fee for the guided experience and a hefty entrance fee, we couldn't spot anything. Its hard to believe guides who are so accustomed to this location and have done several tours have not identified a location or found ways to at least show some sort of wildlife from their spotting scope. The guided experience ended half way through the trail (approx an hour) and the remaining part of the trail was a brisk walk followed by any Q&A. The tour ends at Humming Bird Garden, which is super cute, but its basically a tube feeding station which has hosted multiple tube feeders and attracts a lot of humming birds. Seeing these birds in nature is different than seeing them come to the feeders although they are super cute to look at from close proximity. The guide was respectful of seniors having difficulty with walking and often stopped for them to catch up and offered additional help or showed places where they could sit. Overall, I would skip this tour if your intention is to find any wild life. The pictures on the tour page does not show justice to the experience we had. We heard better experience from people who did tours on the Curi-Cancha Reserve instead.