You might go for adventures that take place over the imposing structures of hanging bridges where all of the family will have a closer view of the river landscapes, the canopies and the depths, while learning about life on the tree tops.
If you’d rather choose the kind of adventure involving ropes, in Costa Rica you’ll find the place to face those extraordinary challenges.
One of the options is rapel, an exercise that makes you descend from the highest top of trees, waterfalls, cliffs or rocky formations, to the ground. You only need some comfortable clothes and selecting the tour that best matches your needs for adventure.
One of the activities that has attracted attention and promoted adventure tourism in Costa Rica is the tyrolean or canopy, as it’s commonly called.
This activity consists of gliding at different speeds, holding unto steel cables suspended between platforms located on the canopy of the highest trees. Some of them involve crossing over river gorges, making it necessary to climb a mountain to continue your journey.
During the trip and from the high platforms, you can delight with the imposing natural landscapes and views of the forest from up high. The Canopy’s advantage is that it may be practiced by almost everyone, depending on the level of excitement you wish to experience.
If you can overcome vertigo, enjoy the feeling of flinging yourself in a free fall. Bungee jumping in Costa Rica has been booming since 1991, it is practiced with ropes in different sites of the country.
In Costa Rica you’ll find everything to experience exciting, memorable activities, in an extension of barely 51,100 km2. You make the choice of the kind of adventure you want to have and the exact place for it to take place.
Panoramic View
Those chances include from boarding an aerial tram that goes through the tree tops of a tropical forest, over 100 feet above the jungle floor.
All those tours offer a monkey's-eye view of the rain forest canopy, where thick branches serve as platforms, and an incredible diversity of smaller plants, and such animals as tree frogs, vine snakes, sloths, and hundreds of bird species can be seen.
For intrepids
Adventurous travelers may want to try one of the more rustic canopy tours, which entail strapping on a mountain climbing harness and pulling yourself along suspended cables to a series of small wooden platforms built in the tops of trees.
Several private biological reserves also have platforms in the canopies of large trees, where people are hoisted up to. One private reserve even has a small hotel room built in the top of a tree, for those who want to spend a night in the canopy.
