The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve and the Santa Elena area span the Continental Divide at 1,440 meters (4662 feet) above sea level, offering one of the most interesting places to visit. This area is acclaimed as one of the most outstanding wildlife refuges in the New World tropics. The cloud forest here has more than 100 species of mammals including 5 species of wild cats, more than 400 species of birds including 30 kinds of hummingbirds, dozens of thousands of insect species (more 5,000 species of moths) and 2,500 plant species (with 430 kinds of orchids).
