Why Montes De Oro?
Only 30 minutes from the Harbour City of Puntarenas and its beaches, Montes de Oro has all the requirements to make itself an excellent tourist attraction. The beauty of the landscape with its spectacular views over the Gulf of Nicoya, the different micro climates in short distances, the biodiversity, the different kind of birds, mammals and butterflies - the flaura, the cloudforest in all its brightness, the natural reservation area Manuel Brenes (30 minutes away from us), the different kinds of adventure sports, the relaxing horse back riding through the mountains and not to forget the great hospitality of the Oromontanos, make Montes de Oro a paradise…
What offers Montes De Oro?
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Finca El Mirador, Tajo Alto: Bungalows, a great view over the Gulf of Nicoya and the Harbour City of Puntarenas, hiking, birdwatching.
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Old Goldmine, Union: An old goldmine and nice pools in the river for swimming.
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El Bambu, Pizzeria in Laguna: Excelent food in an unusual atmosphere!
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Las Tilapias, Palmital: Bar, Restaurant and the possibility to fish your own fish for lunch.
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Albergue de Montana las Orquideas, Zapotal: Restaurant, paths through the cloud forest, cheese production and dairy.
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Albergue de Montana la Mancuerna, Zapotal: private cloud forest, paths and horse back riding, hummingbirds feeders/- you can observe over 10 species- and in April and March with a little bit of luck the Quetzals nesting.
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Sendero acuatico, Zapotal: a wonderful opportunity to explore the river with the family by boat.
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Colinas Verdes, Zapotal: Will, a biology student, will show you his forest telling you about it in a good english. He is great!
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Organic Coffeeplantation in Cedral: In between the coffee other kinds of plants are grown to attract birds. Here is where our coffee comes from!
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Finca El Manantial, Aranjuez: Raising macows to let them fly.
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To explore the region you need a 4x4. We also work with Giovanni, a great taxi driver who can pick you up and show you the region.
