• Tennis shoes or strap sandals.
• Change of clothing: a light cotton shirt, lightweight fabric shorts and bathing suit (optional).
• One towel.
• Waterproof sunscreen (optional).
• Hat (optional).

• Bus Guide

• Typical breakfast:
  • Gallo Pinto
  • Scrambled eggs
  • Bread and butter
  • Seasonal fruit
  • Coffee or tea
  • Orange juice
• Buffet lunch “casado” type:
  • white rice
  • cantonese rice
  • beans
  • chicken
  • beef in gravy or sauce
  • ripe plantain
  • fried yuca
  • “picadillo” of the day (minced potato or another minced vegetable)
  • green salad
  • natural drink or juice
• Rafting equipment:
  • One vest
  • One paddle
  • One helmet
  • A 6 pax capacity raft
• Certified River Guides

COMBO: CANOPY + CANYONING IN SAN RAMON:

We offer the alternative of PARQUE AVENTURA San Luis located in San Luis de San Ramón, just one hour and fifteen minutes from San José, amid the central volcanic mountain range, where the CLOUD FOREST does his magic.

Their 12 cables with lengths ranging from 50 to 550 meters and altitudes from 35 to 106 meters, strategically located in the midst of a private biological reserve, will take you to an exciting and unique fusion of emotions.

You’ll feel like a BIRD flying in the trees, when that CHILD within you appears not wanting to get off the Tarzan swing.
SUPER HERO stories cease to be a myth after you fly as Superman, walk through our lush trails and cross our crystal river; you will confirm that you were born to be an EXPLORER.
* Canyoning
* Descending in 3 waterfalls with heights of 6, 18 and 27 meters
* 3 cables with lengths from 50 to 550 meters, heights from 35 to 106 meters
* 1 platform on a tree, 7 platforms at ground level

Getting the adrenaline through your body as you embrace the nature in the CLOUD FOREST is a unique experience that only PARQUE AVENTURA San Luis can give you.

But wait a minute! You can´t leave without visiting our exclusive restaurant, La Arboleda, where we have a special table reserved for you; after combining the flavors with the smells of our traditional food, you´ll never stop being a TICO GOURMET.

The other independent platform is for the guide in charge of filming the jump.

After a few rebounds, they send a rope which will be hooked to the harness for the return to the platform. Once up we remove the equipment.

Our guides are highly qualified and certified for the appropriate and safe care of our customers. We have the liability policy No. 01 14 RCG 0001.

After the bungy, we enjoy a delicious buffet lunch at the Señor y Señora ESE restaurant.

The minimum operation of this tour is 6 persons.

Definition:

The tour begins with our van picking up our clients in the main hotels of the Great Metropolitan Area (GMA).

We head towards the town of Tacares, Grecia, 1 hour from San Jose, where the Recreational Reserve Los Chorros is located.

Here, our guides welcome the passengers who will have enough time to prepare and relax before the tour.

Then, the guide will provide all the information necessary for a safe and enjoyable tour.

Our customers are guided to the 60 meters height waterfall. Once there, the guide put them the harnesses, “eight knots”, carabiners, ropes and gives them safety instructions; our trained staff will secure, prepare and get participants ready for the descent.

Depending on how many people perform the activity, two to three guides will be present during the descent: one at the beginning, one in the middle and one at the end of the waterfall.

Each customer will be anchored to a lifeline as security throughout the descent.

After going down, the guides will remove the equipment and will lead the customers to finish the rest of the tour inside the recreational park, where they can enjoy nature in its splendor surrounded by natural pools to dive in and spend some relaxing time. A fruit and water snack will be offered.

When we go back, we will taste a delicious buffet lunch at the Señor & Señora ESE Restaurant.

Minimum operation of this tour: 5 people.

CANOPY TOUR IN MONTEVERDE:

We offer a canopy tour in one of the most beautiful areas in Costa Rica.
Monteverde, famous for its Cloud Forest – with modern and safe equipment, experienced guides, a waterfall view, 21 platforms, 14 cables, 5 of them extremely long: 467 meters, 425 meters, 600 meters, 750 meters and 1 kilometer. In the latter 180 meters height cable known as Superman you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of Nicoya and Guanacaste to the North of the country.

The tour includes:

1. Transportation from San José, we leave around 6:30 a.m.
2. Canopy Tour + Tarzan Swing + 1 Rappelling (30 meters) + Superman.
3. Lunch.
4. Insurance policy and a total distance of 2.8 km. Total duration of tour: 3 hours.

This activity can be performed by children from 5 years old; they are accompanied by our guides.

If someone does not want to do the canopy tour, we offer 2 hour horse tours in a 50 hectares private estate with view of the Gulf of Nicoya, the Tempisque River and the North of Costa Rica.

This river is formed by the Macho and Grande de Orosi rivers in the high side, and another affluent is born in an old Irazú Volcano crater, the Reventado river that might have given the name to this impressive river: the Reventazón. This is one of the most famous rivers for rafting due to its different sections; Pascua is definitely the most extreme one. This tour needs all the energy, for which it is important to sleep well and leave Alajuela before 6.00 a.m., pass through San José and then have a delicious typical breakfast in Paraíso de Cartago.

After a two hour trip passing Turrialba, we arrive at the Bella Vista town in Siquirres. Once in the river at 9:30 a.m., our professional tour guides will deliver the rafting equipment: helmet, paddle and life jacket for each participant as well as a 6 person capacity boat and the guide who will accompany the rafting group. The explanation includes the commands to use in this abundant river. The first class four rafting is less than one kilometer (0.6 mile) from the beginning of the river, approximately 18 kilometers (11.25 miles) of strong paddling down the river rapid after rapid for two and a half hours of emotion crossing Mar del Norte, Frankenstein, Mente Sucia, El Horrendito, Indigestión, El Abismo, just to mention some of the strongest rapids, which are around twelve class four rapids. It starts in the Cartago province and ends in the Limón province on the Reventazón river bridge in Siquirres.

Near is a place for showers and clothes change, as well as a restaurant to enjoy a deserved hot lunch approximately at 1 pm. The return to San José and Alajuela will be between 4 and 5 p.m. through route 32, on a 2 hour trip passing the Braulio Carrillo National Park, one of the biggest and majestic rain forests in the country.

The tour starts in Alajuela, crossing San José and the Cartago province (the first capital of the country); we take a look at the Apóstol Santiago Ruins and the Los Ángeles Virgin Bassilica that keeps Los Ángeles Virgin, the Costa Rican Patron. Immediately, we arrive at Sitios Angostura Restaurant and Mirador in Paraíso de Cartago for an excellent typical breakfast. Then, we continue to the Pejibaye town crossing the Cachí Hydroelectric Dam (the first in our country) and observe plantations of “chayotes”, “pejibayes”, ferns and coffee as well as the majestic Velo de Novia waterfall.

At around 9:30 a.m. we meet the rest of the team in Taus, a town where rafting guides and kayakers deliver life jackets, helmets and paddles. They will be waiting for you enthusiastically to offer a day full of emotions through the water of this wonderful river. They will also give a safety speech and once you are prepared into the boat, your life adventure is about to start!

This section of the Pejibaye river has class II and III rafting ideal for nature lover adventurers and for family joy. During the two hour journey you can admire a great variety of birds like: toucans, herons and cormorants, and the end of the journey will be a peaceful rest crossing La Angostura Dam lake in Turrialba, where we can leave the paddles and enjoy the beautiful site.

We will dock beside the lake and go to Sitios Angostura Restaurant, where we can take a shower and change clothes. Their personnel will be waiting for us with a delicious lunch and then, we will return to San José using the same departure route.

A Costa Rican breakfast is offered at around 8:00 a.m. in a Paraíso, Cartago town restaurant with a spectacular view of the Orosi Valley.

Then we arrive to Tres Equis, Turrialba, a town where our guides wait for us with the equipment to start this wonderful adventure.

Each participant will receive a life jacket, a helmet and a row. One of the guides will give a safety speech and a small practice before facing whitewater rafting like Huacas, Cimarrones and Dos Montañas.

Pacuare is considered the most beautiful river in Costa Rica, and worldwide one of the best whitewater rafting rivers due to the scenic beauty, waterfalls, hiking trails and diversity of flora and fauna, among which participants will observe blue morpho butterflies, sloths, tucans, red frogs and great variety of birds. Thus, nature is present throughout the route.

This is a 3.5-hour journey with approximately 18 miles length. The minimum age for participants is 12 years old.

Once the river journey is finished, our customers are moved to a restaurant in Siquirres, Limón for a shower and a typical lunch.

We return to San José and leave rafters in their hotels between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.