Southern Costa Rica - Death Mountain

(Local Name: Cerro de la Muerte) Cerro de la Muerte (Death Mountain) reaches 3,451m/11,319ft and can be seen while following the Interamericana Highway. The highest point on the steep, narrow, winding road reaches 3,330m/10,922ft, and this area is known as one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the country since it is often shrouded in mist.

The type of habitat seen here is more akin to what travellers may see in the Andes mountains of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. The terrain is the northernmost extent of a highland shrub and tussock grass páramo habitat. Careful observers will spot several species of highland birds in the area.