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Since then, the cloud forests near Monteverde and Santa Elena have become Costa Rica's premier destination for everyone from budget backpackers to well-heeled retirees.
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This slim corridor of civilization, which consists of the Tico village of Santa Elena and the Quaker settlement of Monteverde, is strung between two lovingly preserved cloud forests.
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Among the subjects Mr. Hanson alighted upon were the Club-winged Manakin, a bird of the cloud forests of the Andes that strums its feathers like a violin.
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But walking in Bolivia is also an experience in diversity: one day you can be in snow-covered mountains and the next you might descend through moss-strewn cloud forests to jungle lowlands.
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Far off the main roads, tourism here is even sparser than the route from Lushoto to Mtae, but the violet-covered hills and butterfly-filled cloud forests do lure some visitors, who can access the park independently or through a tour.
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