Your visit to the cloud forest may surprise you, for the altitude determines the temperature. The Talamanca Reserve is approximately 2,500 feet above sea level.

During the dry season, January through May, it seldom rains, and in the evening, temperatures can drop to as low as 65 degrees Fahrenheit.  Days can be very hot, but not in the forest, where temperature will range around 75 degrees. The Talamanca Reserve is mostly forest and becomes denser annually as flora grows very rapidly because of the twelve-month growing period.

During the rainy season, usually between June and December, the days will be cooler but the nights warmer, as the cloud cover holds the heat at night. The rains usually start around 4:00 PM, and last around twenty minutes to four hours, and occasionally all night. Mornings are generally very beautiful from 6:00am to 4:00pm.

Dinner and visiting in our comfortable restaurant, and it's early to bed and early to rise (as you wish). A sweater may be needed at night, and rain gear is needed during the rainy season. ATV riding (if desired) is very limited during the rainy season, but transportation is available to the high sights for hiking.

There are miles and miles of inexplicable beauty. Walking tours, or ATV tours are available. The ATV’s are new, automatic, and very easy to use.  Guides will be with you at all times on the ATV trails, or you can hoof it through the paths with a guide. And of course, there is always the National Park, Chirripó, to climb (the starting path is just about 1 kilometer from our gate). Advance reservations are necessary. Natural thermal baths available in the area.

Now, for you older big cruise ship travelers! You think you can’t walk the mountain trails or wander though the jungle? Well here is your chance!  I’m seventy-nine years old and I can hardly walk from arthritis; yet, I wander up the mountain paths and through the jungle practically every day.
How do I do it?  Most easily and comfortably, with an automatic shift ATV. I’m as able and agile in the mountain jungle paths as a twenty year old. It is truly incredible how these machines have changed my recreational time.
A few years ago, I believed that I never would be able to enjoy nature in this manner. We have guided ATV tours daily. Oh, how do you operate these new automatic machines? Our guides will give you the simple instructions; and, in just a few minutes, we are on our way.

Our property is unique. It has taken us over sixteen years, by hand, with crews of men to dig out these fabulous trails in the mountains and forest to make them ATV accessible.
Your age is no problem! Young and old can enjoy these fabulous nature trails and, of course, we also have very comfortable accommodations; cabins, telephones, internet, and an excellent restaurant and bar.

See you soon?