My Monteverde Costa Rica Tree House Adventure

You know that feeling, when a moment feels so right, so perfect that it makes you smile? That is what I felt once I took my first breath in Costa Rica. This country was the starting point of my new journey; I couldn?t help but feel giddy. I just needed to get out of the airport first.

I came to Costa Rica with no set itinerary. All I knew was that I wanted to seek adventure, learn Spanish and enjoy everything this bio-diverse country offers. Two days in San Jose was enough. Took the first bust to the Nicoya Peninsula in the morning. What a difference in location. Costa Rica?s climate changes rapidly due to the landscape. Mountains to beach offered a great surprise?.heat! Spending two weeks on the beach in Santa Teresa was great. Lots of Reading and surf lessons.

If you’ve never surfed and are over the age of five, prepare yourself to be ripped, pulled, flipped, battered, sucked, smacked and flattened by the waves in Santa Teresa. It is something to try. A great life challenge you might call it. Some may rather choose running a marathon.

If you have surfed, you already understand what it feels like to learn how. If not and you are planning on a surf lesson or two get ready a workout and for your lungs to be rinsed out with salt water, similar to being in a washing machine, just a bit larger. Yes, I enjoyed it; some might find it similar to a trip to the dentist!

The bio-diversity of Monteverde will leave you speechless. It is beautiful. The animals, butterflies and reptiles are every color imaginable and everything else, well the rest is green. Make it point to walk in the cloud forest for a day or two and you will agree.

During the final weeks in the states, my family and friends shared all of their Costa Rican contacts, just in case. By chance, there was one contact on the list located in Monteverde. With nothing to lose, I got a local map and set off to put a face to the name.

While walking up the mountain I day-dreamed about which house would be Hidden Canopy. Wondering if Jenn King would know our mutual friend and what these tree houses would really be like. My mind drifted off into ideas about Peter Pan and Tarzan.

They said the boutique hotel was up the mountain, so I laced up my hiking shoes and started up. Happily dreaming about what luxury tree houses really are and if this person would be able to find our mutual link. I could not stop thinking Tree houses, really? Yes, tree houses!? I wondered what life was like inside.I soon found out after I stepped foot into Hidden Canopy Tree house Boutique Hotel. To imagine, start dreaming of a place hidden on the side of a mountain offering views of the Gulf of Nicoya. Yes, it took my breath away. I stood speechless until asked to resume the tour. Wow, this can?t be real.

There are four tree houses in total, all creatively tucked into the forest, offering privacy and luxury in the trees. The tree house Eden had me practically jumping, a waterfall shower that led to a Jacuzzi , surrounded by glass. What a perfect vacation spot for any traveler. It sounds like a dream, but it cannot be, I saw it with my own eyes.