Canopy

2 photos · 2019

2 photographs tagged Canopy, 2019.

Related: Costa Rica Hidden Canopy Treehouse Hotel Monteverde Treehouse
Wood-paneled interior of a treehouse suite at Hidden Canopy Treehouses in Monteverde, Costa Rica, with large windows overlooking cloud forest.
Hidden Canopy Treehouses is a small lodge of private cabins built on stilts above the cloud forest canopy near Monteverde, Costa Rica. Each suite is finished in local hardwood and opens onto a screened balcony facing the surrounding forest. The property sits adjacent to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, drawing guests for the birdwatching and wildlife viewing possible from the rooms themselves. Interior common areas combine wood paneling and glass to keep the forest visible from nearly every angle of the living space.

Living Room at Hidden Canopy Treehouses, Monteverde

Sun setting over the Monteverde Cloud Forest canopy in Costa Rica with layered mist and vegetation visible below.
The Tilarán Mountains form the continental divide that runs through the Monteverde region, separating Caribbean-draining slopes from those facing the Pacific. Monteverde's cloud forest sits at elevations between roughly 1,400 and 1,800 meters, where moisture-laden trade winds condense into the persistent mist that defines the ecosystem. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, established in 1972 by the Tropical Science Center, protects more than 10,500 hectares of this habitat and borders the adjacent Children's Eternal Rainforest, one of the largest private reserves in Central America. The region's elevation and position along the divide create the shifting light and layered haze that mark the transition between day and night over the forest canopy.

Sunset Over the Tilarán Mountains Near Monteverde

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