If you are ready to explore the mysterious Costa Rica, then there is one place that you have to visit, this mysterious place is rated as one of the top 10 most enchanting forests in the world, as to what is mysterious and what is enchanting, or you need to go and visit it yourself, this is the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
Located in the provinces of Puntarenas and Alajuela in Costa Rica, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve was established in 1973 and consists of 10,500 square meters of rainforest, with about 70,000 people visiting the reserve every year, which is always in a pristine state. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is well known for its biological diversity and integrity, and is important for biological conservation and research. The reserve consists of seven ecological zones, 90% of which are primary forests, and is an ecologically diverse reserve that is home to more than 2,500 species of plants, 100 species of mammals, 400 species of birds, 120 species of reptiles and amphibians, and thousands of species of insects.
Of the more than 2,500 species of plants in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, about 10 percent are endemic, and exotic flowers and plants make the entire reserve even more fascinating.

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