Quetzal Spotting in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest
The sun streamed in through my shades, warming my senses and encouraging me to wake up. It was a beautiful morning, and I knew it would provide ideal conditions for our day walk in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve. If it were anything but sunny in town, the cloud forest would surely be too rainy for comfort.
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Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve
Dew clings to the fuzzy, green moss that envelops every tree trunk and vine hanging in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve. Droplets hanging perilously from the fuzz refract the morning light before dropping to the ...
ContinueLast updated: Oct 22, 2023
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A gentle mist settles over the canopy in the grey dawn light of the Monteverde cloud forest. A thin sheen of dew collects on the leaves and the moss d....