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  1. 1Monteverde Cloud Forest ReserveMonteverde Cloud Forest ReserveThe classic first cloud forest, and still the easiest to love. The reserve has protected this ridge on Costa Rica's Continental Divide since 1972 and now covers more than 10,000 acres of moss-draped forest, one of the last strongholds of the resplendent quetzal. Entry now runs on timed tickets…0
  2. 2Corcovado National ParkCorcovado National ParkCosta Rica's wildest lowland forest, on the remote Osa Peninsula, where long beaches meet unbroken rainforest and the wildlife list runs to some 6,000 insects, 140 mammals and 367 birds. Macaws, whales offshore and the chance of something rarer on the trail are why people make the effort. Every…0
  3. 3Soberanía National ParkSoberanía National ParkPipeline Road The rainforest you can reach before breakfast. This old dirt track through Soberanía National Park, beside the Panama Canal, sits about 50 minutes from Panama City, yet eBird lists between 444 and 461 bird species on the road alone, and the Christmas Bird Count circle that includes…0
  4. 4El Yunque National ForestEl Yunque National ForestThe only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System, and the simplest rainforest trip for most American readers: no passport needed and an easy day trip from San Juan. At nearly 29,000 acres it is one of the smallest national forests, yet one of the most biologically diverse, and it…0
  5. 5Mindo, EcuadorMindo, EcuadorMindo cloud forest The best-value cloud forest for birders, about two hours from Quito on the western slope of the Andes, in the Chocó region. A relaxed village base, small private reserves and lodge feeders bring tanagers, toucan-barbets and dozens of hummingbird species within easy reach, and…0
  6. 6Yasuní National ParkYasuní National ParkEcuador's great Amazon park, nearly a million hectares of lowland rainforest that holds world records for tree diversity and at least 596 bird species. Visits run through lodges deep in the forest, including Napo Wildlife Center, owned and run by the local Añangu Kichwa community, which is the most…0
  7. 7Tambopata National ReserveTambopata National ReserveThe Peruvian Amazon's macaw spectacle. Lodges along the Tambopata River, reached by road and boat from Puerto Maldonado, take guests at dawn to clay licks where macaws and parrots gather to eat mineral-rich clay. Activity is never guaranteed, but on a good morning the riverbank turns red, blue and…0
  8. 8Manu National ParkManu National ParkThe whole Andes-to-Amazon sweep in one trip. Manu runs from the high Andes, above 4,000 meters, down through cloud forest to lowland rainforest below 400 meters, and its bird list tops 1,000 species, about a tenth of the world's total, with more than 50 hummingbirds among them. The classic route…0
  9. 9Anavilhanas National ParkAnavilhanas National ParkThe easiest way into the Brazilian Amazon from Manaus. Anavilhanas protects about 400 islands and 60 lakes on the Rio Negro, starting roughly 40 kilometers upstream of the city, and ranks as the world's second-largest river archipelago. The season shapes the trip. From about March to August the…0
  10. 10Iguaçu National ParkIguaçu National ParkThe easiest way to walk in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, with one of the world's great waterfalls at its center. Created in 1939 and a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 1986, the park draws most of its visitors to the falls walkway, but the forest is the quieter reward. The Poço Preto trail…0