Casa Tigrillo - secluded forest cabin just minutes from the Monteverde Reserve

If you're visiting Monteverde to experience wildlife in the world's most beautiful tropical forest, this is your place! Our three-bedroom home is situated well off the main road, and is directly adjacent to a huge expanse of primary forest - see the Google Earth image in the photos! It is one of the closest rentals to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - just a 10-minute walk - so you won't have to use their remote parking lot and depend upon their shuttle!

We are biologists who have worked in the Monteverde area since 1980, and one of the reasons that we built our home where we did is for the proximity to the reserve and to the other private forest tracts adjacent to it that will be protected from development in perpetuity. Our home is directly adjacent to one of those tracts, and we commonly see monkeys, gray foxes, coatimundis, agoutis, scores of bird species, bats, and of course lots of cool insects, reptiles and amphibians right from our house.

After a day of exploring you can relax in our cozy living room and continue bird watching through the large windows that look out onto flowering and fruiting trees, and if you're there long enough to have run the hummingbird feeders you can commonly see 5 or 6 species right on our porch.

The three bedrooms feature a queen bed, a full bed, and twin bunk beds, respectively - all custom-made by local craftsmen. A custom futon in the living room can be made into another bed, ensuring a good night's sleep for everyone. We have WiFi, a washer and dryer, electric range and microwave, and all of the dishes and kitchenware you'll need to prepare your own meals. But if you're interested in having one of our neighbors prepare any meals for you, our manager Raul can arrange that for an extra fee.