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Southwest of Lake Arenal at an altitude
of about 1800 m extends Costa Rica's most popular nature reserve:
Monteverde/Sta. Elena. These cloud forest nature
reserves have well-marked trails by which the visitor is carefully
led through this humid and dusky world. The high humidity
supports the growth of approx. 2500 different kinds of plants,
among them many orchids and bromeliads; up to day, about 100
different mammals (i.e. the ocelot, jaguar and monkeys) have
been sighted, however they can hardly be seen due to the dense
vegetation, but encountering the various birds living here,
is a unique experience: among the 400 kinds of birds of this
region, we may - with some luck - also see the Quetzal,
the most famous among the Central American birds.
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