Gardens by the Bay

Taken from the same spot as my "Cloud Forrest Abstract" image, taken in Selvatura Park, within the Santa Elena Cloud Forrest Reserve, Costa Rica

Views of and from Wayqecha Research Station in the cloud forest

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cloud forest, Peter and Michael

Cloudforest

Many bromeliads grow on trees, but some grow in the ground, like the pineapple.

cloud forest trail into Boeri lake Dominica at 4000 feet

Looking out over the rest of the Monteverde reserve.

Cloud forest in Costa Rica

Monteverde cloudforest, Costa Rica, March 2008. Most of the mosture reach the forest as clouds, mist and fog rather than rain. This is a habitat with a huge bio diversity e.g 100 mammal species, 400 birds and 420 orchids species

Near Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Masked Trogon (Female)

big moth in our hotel room

www.hermanvansteenwijk.com, Cloudforest near Tandayapa valley, Ecuador, July 2010

Monteverde cloudforest, Costa Rica. Most of the mosture reach the forest as clouds, mist and fog rather than rain. This is a habitat with a huge bio diversity e.g 100 mammal species, 400 birds and 420 orchids species

Montane cloudforest at Selvatura aerial walkway, Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Mindo is well known all over the world for the number of species of birds watchable, more than 500 on a small territory. Our lodge was equipped to be a bird one. moreover we run birdwatching tours to the best birding destinations in the IBA of Mindo (Yanacocha Reserve, Ecoroute el Paseo del Quinde, Mindo, Bird Sanctuaries of Milpe and Rio Silanche)

A photo from one of our early morning hikes through the lush and beautiful cloud forests surrounding the Monteverde/Santa Elena region of Costa Rica

Masked Trogon (Female)

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta on a dirt road connecting Minca to Cuchillo de San Lorenzo above Santa Marta, Colombia ranging from 3,000 feet to 9,000 feet.

The Beehive Restaurant in Mindo, EC