Senda Monteverde has naturalist guides on its own staff, so the person who takes you out in the morning belongs to the hotel.
The hotel's own pages name the two birds most people come to Monteverde for: the Three-wattled Bellbird and the Resplendent Quetzal.
It is a smaller bird story than the lodges that run whole reserves, and we say so. What it offers is the guide, and Curi-Cancha 1.7 kilometres away in a straight line.
The hotel's pages say it has naturalist guides on staff, and name the Three-wattled Bellbird and the Resplendent Quetzal. They give no trail lengths, feeders or species count.
Photo: Senda Monteverde Hotel
Monteverde
Visit the Senda Monteverde Hotel and experience nature like never before!
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A boutique hotel at Monteverde with naturalist guides on staff, where the Three-wattled Bellbird and the Resplendent Quetzal are named on the lodge's own pages.
The two the hotel names, the Three-wattled Bellbird, a regional endemic, and the Resplendent Quetzal, with a guide, all year. From our Santa Elena, Curi-Cancha and Cloud Forest Reserve pages, all within four kilometres, the Collared Trogon, the Spangle-cheeked Tanager and the Prong-billed Barbet, both regional endemics, plus the Lesson’s Motmot and the Keel-billed Toucan.
| English | Scientific | Spanish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | Campanero Tricarunculado | Regional endemic |
| Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | Quetzal | |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | Trogón Collarejo | |
| Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | Tangara Vientricastaña | Regional endemic |
| Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | Barbudo Cocora | Regional endemic |
| Lesson’s Motmot | Momotus lessonii | Momoto Coroniazul | |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Tucán Pico Iris |
Senda's bungalows are spread over a hillside, some on small rises with open porches, so the forest and, on clear days, the Pacific to the west are part of the view. The climate is cool: around 20 to 25°C by day and colder at night, and rooms use ceiling fans, with heaters on request. Meals are at El Sapo, a farm-to-table restaurant with big windows over the highlands, and the bar has a fire and bonfire nights. A day here often starts with a walk across the hanging bridge into the Aguti reserve, then a guided outing to the cloud forest, and ends in the heated jacuzzis or sauna before dinner.
Meals. El Sapo Restaurant, local farm-to-table cooking with international dishes, for breakfast, lunch and dinner; gluten-free menu; bar and lounge with a fireplace. The FAQ does not say whether breakfast is included.
Perfect for: a family or couple who want a reserve to walk from the door and a hot tub at the end of a cold day.
Curi-Cancha, the private farm beside the Monteverde reserve where our birding mornings climb from pasture into primary forest: the birds, lodge and trips.
See the placeThe Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, founded in 1972: the bellbird and the quetzal with a guide, the lodge whose trails walk into it, and our trips there.
See the placeSanta Elena, the quieter reserve at Monteverde, run by the public high school board since 1992: a guided quetzal morning, the lodge we use and the trips.
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