2012 Trip Dates

Weather

Costa Rica is a tropical country with several distinct climatic zones. There is no winter or summer, but most regions have a rainy season from May to November and a dry season from December to April. Temperature is more a matter of elevation than location with an average of around 72 degrees in the Central Valley, 82 degrees on the Atlantic coast and 89 degrees on the Pacific coast.

Nestled on the slopes of the Tilaran Mountain Range, La Montana Christian Camps is part of a vast section of cloud forest. Cloud forest clothes the top of all but the highest of the Costa Rica’s mountains. Driven by the northeast trade winds, clouds sweep up and over the mountains and through the treetops, bathing the forest in moisture. Cloud forest is a land of gnarled trees, festooned with orchids, bromeliads and other epiphytes, which thrive in the high humidity. Beads of moisture cling to countless leaves and sparkle when sunlight filters through the mist, making this one of the most pure water sources in the world. Huge areas of cloud forest are protected in Costa Rica in national parks and reserves that are strung out along the continental divide.