Fodor's Expert Review Pico Dama

Difficult, three days, three guides. Steep climbs and thick vegetation make this hike, in our opinion, the most challenging adventure out of Las Marías. The trip begins with a two-hour pipante ride upriver to Quebrada Sulawa. Disembark and trek for four hours through flat farmland and primary and secondary forest. The going is slippery; watch your step. Sleep in the simple cabin or pitch a tent at the campsite, then spend the second day on a steep four-hour hike to the mountain's peak, which offers a panoramic vista of the entire biosphere reserve. Hike back to the camp house, and return to Las Marías on the third day.