Selvatura Park

The Selvatura Park has a lot of different things to offer: canopy tour, treetop suspension bridges, butterfly garden, hummingbird garden, insect museum and the reptile and amphibian exhibit. Below you can find out what each of these things is and has to offer. 

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.