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Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall loop from Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

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Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall loop from Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

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Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall loop from Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

01:24

4.72km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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34 m

Orchid Garden at the Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

Highlight • Natural

Somewhat hidden behind the entrance building is a small orchid garden.

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549 m

Enchanted Trail, Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful trail!!

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2.35 km

Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall

Highlight • Bridge

2.44 km

Waterfall in the Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

Highlight • Waterfall

Is a bit off the trail

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3.47 km

View of Arenal Volcano from the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Observation tower with a view of the cloud forest and El Arenal.

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4.58 km

Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve Entrance

Highlight • Forest

The cloud forest can be explored in various ways. Again and again there are beautiful views of the El Arenal volcano.

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4.72 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.54 km

1.13 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.54 km

1.17 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,700 m)

Lowest point (1,620 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 12 July

23°C

18°C

67 %

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Comments

March 14, 2025,Santa Elena NP, combi-wandeling van het bruine, groene, gele en blauwe pad

Beautiful varied walk, in the yellow path there are many fun assignments and questions to get into the here and now, occasionally stop to hear, smell, see and feel. So take your time for this walk and enjoy all the beauty around you!

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March 7, 2025,Orchideengarten – Wasserfall Runde von Hacienda Monteverde

Like almost all hiking routes in CR, this one is also subject to a fee.
For a comparatively low price of $18 per person, you can choose from three trails that you can also complete one after the other.
There are no spectacular suspension bridges here, but you can get pure rainforest.
Before/after, you can visit the small, relatively inexpensive …

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December 23, 2024,Nebelwaldreservat Santa Elena

Today, the planned tour was canceled again due to constant rain in the dry season. The path was very muddy and required too much attention, so that the wonderful atmosphere in the cloud forest suffered.

But the slightly paved paths were easy to walk on.

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November 10, 2021,🇨🇷Santa Elena: Reserva Bosque Nuboso (verzichtbar)

As a short afternoon tour it was a nice trail, but we hardly saw any animals. Some new plantings for the butterflies reminded me of a castle park and the idea with the esoteric stones wasn't really my thing (especially since there are thousands of them lying around on the paths). After all, you are in the middle of the …

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Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall loop from Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

Orchid Garden at the Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

Enchanted Trail, Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve

Quebrada La Saca - Waterfall

Waterfall in the Reserva Bosque Nuboso Santa Elena

View of Arenal Volcano from the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve

Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve Entrance

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