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FLORA & FAUNA
VALLE ESCONDIDO, MONTEVERDE
Costa Rica has 6 percent of the world's biodiversity, learning about this with an experienced guide here in our nature reserve is an opportunity not to be missed.
This biological corridor hosts many animals and plants including the mighty strangler ficus tree, different epiphytes, and orchids, and protects endangered species such as the bellbird and puma.
Live in groups of 10-20, feeds mainly on fruits, flowers and buds. Males produce deep loud roars, mainly at dawn and dusk, but they also roar in response to thunder and other loud sounds. they can travel for miles.
450 years plus old. Known as a strangler ficus (Higueron) as it starts out as an epiphyte at the top of another tree, eventually surrounding the tree which decays, leaving a hollow space through the centre.
Adults of both sexes are wingless. During the day they remain motionless. At night they search for food and mates.