Finca Canitas de Monteverde is located more than 1400 meters above sea level and almost the entire property offers breathtaking views of the Puntarenas and Guanacaste lowlands, the surrounding mountains and the peninsula and gulf of Nicoya. This property is located only 3 km from Santa Elena which gives it access to all the facilities of the area and a good commercial location, but also has plenty of privacy for housing. The topography is mostly sloping land with some steeper ridges, which makes it suitable for practically any use. Farming has been the primary use of the land, but it also has lots of trees and forest. Currently a small private motocross track and a coffee plantation are its uses. Also a small house is already located on the property. The land is bordered on two sides by public road. It is within a 5 km radius of most of the hotels and restaurants of Monteverde, 8 km from the world renowned Monteverde Reserve and within 15 km of all the Monteverde attractions. Public electricity and water are available. If you are looking for a property with a lot of possibilities for development and close to a lot of amenities and attractions, then Finca Canitas de Monteverde is worth a visit.

Finca Canitas de Monteverde is located in Monteverde only a few minutes away from the center of Santa Elena. It is a small town and about a four-hour drive up into the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range from the Central Valley of Costa Rica and a major tourist destination, primarily visited by ecotourists drawn by the Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde and several other reserves. Here you find several grocery stores, banks, restaurants, medics and souvenir shops. Resting roughly at 1400 meters above sea level, Monteverde is misty and windy, with a mean annual temperature of 18° Celsius or 64.4 Fahrenheit . Annual rainfall averages around 3,000 millimetres (118 in). Humidity oscillates between 74% to 97%. Tourism is a growing sector in Monteverde\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s economy. Having grown from less than a hundred yearly visitors in 1975 to around 50,000 in the mid-1990s to 250,000 in recent years, much of the economy is becoming increasingly dependent on tourism. An increase in hotels, taxis, guides, and other tourist-geared services have appeared since the early 1990s. Two bilingual schools have been founded to provide the English essential for catering to Monteverde\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s many visitors. There are several serpentariums, insect museums, butterfly gardens and other zoological attractions in the area. A surge in these types of attractions has occurred within the last five years. Zip lines and suspension bridges through surrounding forest have also become popular. Other activities include horseback riding and mountain biking. Monteverde is also frequented by researchers and naturalists who study mountain and tropical biodiversity. In Newsweek\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s 100 Places to Remember Before They Disappear, Monteverde appears as the Americas\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' #14. It has also been deemed one of the Seven Wonders of Costa Rica by popular vote, and has been called by National Geographic \\\\\\\\"the jewel in the crown of cloud forest reserves\\\\\\\\".