Montezuma WaterFalls

Every second I spend in Costa Rica I become more and more in awe of this place. Every part of this beautiful country is another thing to explore. Although surrounded by water on almost all sides, this place is a nature lover's dream. With rainforests and waterfalls at almost every place you go, monkeys walking on telephone wires & dogs just walking in the street.

MonteZuma is a Waterfall in Puntarenas, Puntarena. This fall is not in fact one itself, but three cascades along the Montezuma River that trickle down.

From Santa Teresa, Montezuma Waterfalls is about a 30-minute drive. For this, I highly recommend renting an ATV instead of just a regular car, which you can get in town. The streets here are in fact not streets but dirt roads, with potholes and uneven gravel. You'll often time people and dogs just walking in the street. ATV makes the driving process a lot easier.

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Once you get to the parking lot for the waterfall, you'll pay 500 colones to the old man who owns the "lot" (which is really just a dirt parking lot), and hike to the falls. Now this is not you're typical hike, there isn't a distinct path you are hiking through. There are many large rocks and little rivers running through. From the pictures and videos, you can see, that it's quite a trek to get through and I 100% recommend wearing hiking shoes.

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The hike is about 30 minutes and in part involves climbing on the side of a mountain (this was quite cool). The final falls are 10 feet in height and are at the perfect temperature. In Costa Rica, the humidity is quite high so no matter the situation you'll be sweating for sure. There is a rope swing and you'll find some daredevils jumping from the sides of the mountain.

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All in all, it was quite a fun ATV drive, hike & swim. I 100% recommend this to anyone thinking of visiting Costa Rica. One of the main parts I love about Costa Rica is how un-touched it all is. Whereas in the US we have paved streets and hiking trails already made; Costa Rica's roads are still natural and trails you create yourself.