Explore Monteverde's fascinating history with a tour of the Monteverde Cheese Factory and Historica Monteverde, a museum opening soon with the world's largest 3D map of Costa Rica and a 100-seat movie theater.
I went bungee-jumping for the first time at the age of 51 with Extremo in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and I have two thoughts on the subject. One, nobody in their right mind should ever try this. Two, every person on earth should do it once.
If you get a thrill from 100% Aventura's Superman cable in Monteverde — the longest zipline in Latin America — just wait for the 45-meter drop on the terrifying Tarzan swing.
Monteverde lived up to its reputation Wednesday as a magical, other-worldly forest — clouded in mist, spattered with rain, weirdly dark in the middle of the day and very, very green.