La Fortuna Costa Rica Tour Description1
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Costa Rica Cultural Cooking Class
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With all the ADVENTURE tours to experience in La Fortuna, a cultural cooking class is a perfect addition, especially since there's nothing like it in the area.
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Departure: 11:30am
Includes: *pick-up at your hotel, free cocktail and free chutney (very good).
Duration: approx. 4 hours
Price: $65
What to bring: a good attitude and a camera, the views are STUNNING!
Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Lessons & Lake Arenal SUP Tour
Try the newest and easiest paddle sport... EVER!
SUP has its roots in ancient Polynesia and looks exactly as it sounds: you stand up on a large, wide, super buoyant surfboard & use a long paddle. Feels like you're walking in water!
The pristine, undeveloped Lake Arenal (10 miles from La Fortuna) is the 2nd-largest body of fresh water in Central America, and the ideal location to take a SUP lesson.
- Get picked up at your hotel doors, and head to Lake Arenal.
- Receive a thorough safety talk,a short SUP lesson, and continue to practice under the careful watch of your SUP instructor
- Take a tour of the West-end of Lake Arenal while you paddle along.
- Get excellent views of the behemoth Arenal Volcano in the background for the best picture-taking opportunities.
- Learn about the interesting flora and fauna of the area.
- Enjoy a tropical fruit snack w/ drinks.
- Drop you off at your hotel
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It wasn't filmed in Costa Rica, but it gives you an idea as to how SUP works. |
Lost Canyon Adventures Canyoneering... one of the BEST canyoning in Costa Rica
Rappel tropical waterfalls, hike, climb and traverse in an isolated, pristine jungle canyon.
Canyoneering in Costa Rica is a brand-new sport that’s becoming very popular the world over! The rugged, mountainous terrain near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica is ideal for canyoning.
You'll go rappelling, down-climbing, river tracing and descend huge, breathtaking waterfalls hidden in this 'Lost Canyon Adventure!'
Canyoning in Costa Rica is more than just rappelling -- it's a very active and physical sport where you use your whole body to make your way down a beautiful river canyon and hike through deep rainforest.
'Lost Canyon Adventure' canyoning in Costa Rica is an experience of a lifetime – go where very few have had the privilege to roam! Travel the old-fashioned way! You’ve probably heard about Costa Rica’s famous bumpy backroads – start off by doing a fun 4x4 off-road adventure in “Jungle Limos” as you head about 15 minutes into a quiet, mountainside community. The Jungle Limos are powered by renewable BioDiesel fuel!
Take a deep breath! There you are, on a sturdy platform looking down into the depths of a 150-ft massive tropical waterfall. You’ll rappel down for the thrill of a lifetime! Make your way along the river by down-climbing & rappelling a series of 6 waterfalls that get gradually bigger &... BIGGER! We save the BEST for last! The biggest & most-exciting waterfall is your last descent... you’ll finish with a fun 200ft-guided-rappel!! The hike back up takes about 10 minutes, but take your time to enjoy the intense rainforest that surrounds you! At the top, you’ll arrive to our Canyon Café where you can change into your dry clothes and then sit down to your best meal in Costa Rica! No experience needed -- just a good sense of adventure! Recommended for ages 13-65 in good physical condition. Private canyoning trips available. A photographer will be on each tour. This tour can also be booked as part of an Adventure Connection One-Day tour from Guanacaste hotels and meets up with the other adventurers coming from the Arenal Volcano area.
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Pure Trek
Rappelling, hiking, trekking and just plain having a GREAT adventure in the canyons around La Fortuna is what Pure Trek is all about.
"We believe in doing one thing and being the best at it and for us, that's Canyoning. Come enjoy this fun tour with great guides, spectacular views and beautiful trails throughout! From children to adults and people with experience we are the specialists! No Experience necessary, kid friendly." - Pure Trek.
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Includes: Lunch
Duration: 4hrs
Price: $85.
What to bring: Secure shoes for hiking; clothing to get wet in; change of clothes.
White Water Rafting down the Rio Toro
The Río Toro explodes with a series of over 45 continuous class 3-4 rapids – you'll spend more than 2½ hours rafting through unexplored, tropical wilderness on a personalized, small-group tour. The exciting Río Toro is located only 1 hour from La Fortuna.
- Experienced and first-time rafters love the Río Toro for full-day, class 3-4 rafting.
- The Río Toro offers over 45-continuous rapids along more than 16 kilometers of deep-canyon gorges and waterfalls where we often see sloths, monkeys and tropical birds, such as toucans and the Montezuma Oropendula.
- Imagine rafting through exciting, action-packed rapids with names like “Morning Coffee,” "The Danish Taco," “Coco Loco,” “The Eraser,” and the famous “B-F-W!”
- The Río Toro is the closest class 3-4 river to La Fortuna and the Arenal Volcano – only 1 hour away!
Once at the river, experienced guides will give you a thorough safety talk, get you set up with your helmet, life jacket and paddle and then you're off – you'll be paddling for more than 2½ hours – we'll stop along the way for a nice, tropical fruit break and afterward we take you out for a typical Costa Rican “casado” lunch. You'll return to your La Fortuna hotel and the Arenal Area around 3:30-4:00pm (the Río Toro is located only 1 hour from La Fortuna – it is much closer than the Sarapiqui).
Rafters should be ages 13 to 55 and in good physical condition. Although you don't need experience, rafters should know how to swim and bring secure shoes and dry clothes to change into.
- Please note: if river conditions are unsuitable for the Río Toro, our head guide might make the call to change to a back-up river of equal level and/or offer our half-day whitewater inflatable kayak or raft tour – you're always guaranteed a fun day on the river!
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Departure: 8:30am |
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White Water Rafting down the Rio Sarapiqui Class 3-4 San Miguel
The Sarapiqui River is one of Costa Rica’s most-exuberant rivers and the perfect rafting trip for adventurous paddlers. You’ll get about 2 hours of rafting with more than 12 continuous class 3-4 rapids along more than 10kms of lush, vibrant rainforest. Make your way through exciting rapids like “The Pipeline,” “The Terminator,” and “Dos Locos” and finish with a spread of delicious, fresh, tropical fruit and typical lunch.
Rafters should be ages 13 to 55 and in good physical condition. Although you don't need experience, rafters should know how to swim and bring secure shoes and dry clothes to change into.
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Departure: 8:30am |
Rio Sarapiqui Rafting from La Virgen Class 2-3
The class 2-3 section of the Sarapiqui River is ideal for families with young children. You’ll get plenty of splashes on this fun, 2-hour rafting trip as you pass by beautiful rainforest and lush farmland. At the end, enjoy fresh, tropical fruit and a typical Costa Rica lunch. Rafters should be ages 10 to 65 and in good physical condition. Although you don't need experience, rafters should know how to swim and bring secure shoes and dry clothes to change into.
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White Water Rafting down the Rio Balsa
The best half-day class 2-3 rafting closest to the Arenal Volcano!
Challenge yourself as you paddle through fun & safe rolling rapids with names like "Morning Coffee" & "Rock around the Croc" and then play around in tranquil river pools in an isolated rainforest river canyon! And only 30 minutes from La Fortuna!
Your professional, experienced bilingual guides will give you a safety talk and paddling instruction, lifejackets, helmets & then you're off…
Hopefully you'll get to see lots of wildlife like monkeys, sloths and tropical birds such as ospreys, oropendolas and toucans. This unique river trip is the best way to combine adventure and nature.
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