DIRECTORY ENTRY: Cloudbridge

In 2002 Ian and Genevieve (Jenny) Giddy purchased a 60-hectare cattle farm that borders the Chirripó National Park in southern Costa Rica. Subsequently the reserve was extended with the purchase of more small cattle farms to include the areas we call Cloudbridge North,  Gavilan,  Catedral Verde,  Los Quetzales and El Jilguero. Cloudbridge now comprises about 700 acres. . The property includes a significant portion of riparian and high-altitude mountainside virgin forest. Cattle grazing and its consequent denuding and erosive effects on the land have been halted. In parts of the reserve, natural regrowth is taking place.