Cloud Forest Hike 8:30am Pipeline Trail(Min of 2 people required)

The experience was nice. The walk was fairly easy. Walked over a few rocks and bridges. We didn't see too much wildlife. Our guide was truly the best. I don't know how his name is spelled, but Jaime (sp?) he was awesome! There was more to the trail but I guess we stopped and looked at flowers and scenery too much, we had to turn around as our time had slipped by too quickly.

Jaime was an amazing guide, he just knew the place inside and out. He explained so much to us and made the whole hike very interesting. Unfortunately we got very unlucky with the weather with heavy rain almost all day but that’s just weather.

Absolutely fantastic. Excellent forest tour, an easy hike with a superb guide. Suitable for pretty much anyone.

Excellent and pair with coffee tour

Jaime was extraordinary knowledgeable. My daughter who hung back when we headed back saw both a male and female quetzal! Jaime recognized its call and there they were! It was a thrill!

We had a perfect day for the hike with a great guide!

I know these hikes/tours don’t guarantee wildlife sightings, but the advertisement said we could see monkeys, sloths, snakes and/or birds. We saw a bird, not THE bird we were looking to see, but there was nothing else. A couple bugs, the guide was knowledgeable about the flora, but i would recommend just doing the hike by yourself.

The description is very misleading! It states that you’ll hike around the Baru Volcano national park and see lots of birds, monkeys and sloths, but that’s not the case. The trail only reaches the edge of the park and you cannot see the volcano at all! Also, the guide was obsessed with pointing out bugs and parasite plants at the lower (less nice) part of the trail, and then we raced to the end and did not spend enough time in the cloud forest part to be able to see the promised animals! There were a few ‘quetzal habitat’ spots with benches, but the guide just wanted to race on. Of the 220 birds they tell you live there, we only saw 2 humming birds! While it was an enjoyable walk, it was not what we expected!

Our tour guide Haime was great and a perfect fit for us. He has a lot of knowledge about the forest of bedder his „backyard“. This simply explains how much into it he is. Always again!

We were asked to show up at the office 15 minutes before the start of the tour, so at 8:15 a.m. According to the statement, the office was supposed to be open as early as 8:00 a.m., and the tour was scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. Although the tour guide was on time, the tour could not begin as a form had to be filled out in advance. It wasn't until 8:45 that a female employee appeared, unlocking the office and handing over the relevant documents. This delayed the launch. Even after arriving at the starting point, the tour started very slowly and initially had little to do with a hike. After only a few meters, the route was stopped again and again to explain plants at the side of the road in great detail. This procedure ran through the first third of the route. For people with a keen interest in botany, this can certainly be exciting, but for the majority of the group it seemed rather monotonous and tiring, especially as content was repeated several times. Only towards the middle or end of the tour did the tempo get a little higher and the process smoother. Apart from some butterflies, no animals could be observed. Overall, the tour is particularly suitable for plant enthusiasts. The tour guide was friendly and dedicated, yet we found the tour as a whole rather unvaried and sometimes long-winded.