Selvatura Canopy Tour

Description

The Selvatura Canopy Tour

Is one of the finest canopy tours in the country. It’s cables and platforms are built into the cloud forest rather than above it, allowing tour takers to feel truly immersed within the forested environment. In total, there are 15 cables and 18 viewing platforms that stretch over 2 miles – the longest cable length of any canopy tour in Costa Rica. Furthermore, there is a so-called “Tarzan Swing” at the end of the tour, a large, swing-like contraption that allows participants to swing out above the forest and truly feel like the man for whom it is named.

The tour begins with an introduction to the safety equipment by local, well-trained guides. During this segment, participants are fitted with high-quality harnesses and taught the proper technique for riding the cables. Soon after, the flight through the forest begins.
In the Selvatura Canopy Tour  is suitable for anyone over the age of four, but for safety reason, a weight restriction of 280 lbs, a maximum waste width of 120 cm, and maximum thigh width of 80 cm must apply. Tour participants are advised to wear long pants, closed-toed shoes and – depending on the weather – a rain jacket. This tour lasts approximately 2.5 hours.

Activities:

Canopy tour: you will fly (in a professional harness) through the treetops of the Monteverde. A Tarzan Swing, a high security rope swing, is available for the real adrenaline junkies.

Treetop suspension bridges: walk through the forest at treetop level, the bridges cover 1.9 miles (3 km). The bridges vary from 150 ft (50 m) to 500 ft (170 m) in length and are available at different heights ranging from 36 ft (12 m) to 180 ft (60 m). These suspension bridges are the sturdiest and widest (almost 5 ft, 1.5 m) in Costa Rica.

Butterfly garden: this is a state of the art project with accurate and sensitive climate control. Because of the well installed climate control system, Selvatura has a lot of butterflies that normally live in varies parts of Costa Rica. You can take a guided tour or take you own tour through the garden.

Hummingbird garden: this garden is paradise of photography lovers, you can find also native plants next to the hummingbirds.

Insect museum: this museum holds one of the largest private insect collections in the world and includes more than one million specimens. Dr. Richard Whitten began collection these insects when he was only five years old. This exhibition is also called the “Jewels of the rain forest” insect exhibition.

Reptile & amphibian exhibit: this exhibit is educational and informative, giving visitors the possibility to see unusual species, most of which are rarely spotted in the wild. Visitors will learn about breeding and feeding habits as well as the environmental challenges. The live specimens are housed in places that meet their vegetation and humidity needs. All is monitored by an on-site biologist.

All this separate activities mentioned above are bookable separately or in combinations, look on the right side of this page for more information.