Sky Adventures in La Fortuna: Ziplining and Hanging Bridges: Epic Views of Arenal Volcano!

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If you are visiting La Fortuna and looking for a thrilling ziplining tour deep in the rainforest, then look no further than Sky Adventures park.

Sky Adventures in La Fortuna offers three activities: aerial tram, ziplining tour, and hanging bridges walk.

As the park is near Arenal Volcano National Park, visitors can spend the day immersing themselves in absolutely incredible views of the surrounding rainforest, Arenal Volcano, and Lake Arenal.

Want to book your Sky Adventures activities? Click to go to our Sky Adventures booking form to check rates and availability to request to book.

Below you can read all about our visit to Sky Adventures in La Fortuna. We also have a video you can watch.

Location of Sky Adventures in La Fortuna

Sky Adventures is about a 30 minute drive from downtown La Fortuna, 21.5 kilometers or 13.3 miles.

Sky Adventures in lA Fortuna

The park is located near Arenal Volcano National Park, Lake Arenal and the small town of El Castillo, southwest of La Fortuna.

How to Get to Sky Adventures

You can find the park under “Sky Adventures” on Google Maps or Waze.

To drive there, a high clearance car is recommended. A 4×4 is not absolutely required, but a high clearance SUV will be best. They have a free parking lot.

Sky Adventures in La Fortuna - a group of adults is waiting on a platform, with a volcano in the backdrop and parking lot below them, they are wearing helmets and gear to go ziplining in Costa Rica
Start of the ziplining tour where you watch the safety presentation, with a view of Arenal Volcano and you can see the large parking lot

No direct buses or shuttles.

If you do not have your own transportation, Sky Adventures offers round trip and one way transportation from hotels in La Fortuna for an extra fee per person.

Hours

The park is open everyday from 8 AM to 315 PM.

Services

The park has lockers, restrooms, free parking, souvenir store, go pro rental, photos available for purchase and a restaurant.

The restaurant is alright, but a bit pricey. If you are not starving, I would go somewhere else to eat.

Sky Adventures La Fortuna Video

Below is a video of our visit to Sky Adventures Park.

You can see what the park is like in action as we ziplined, hiked and took their aerial tram.

Book your Sky Adventures tour here!

Activities

Sky Adventures has an aerial tram, ziplining and hanging bridges. You can choose one, two or all three activities during your visit.

For the hanging bridges, you can book it as a guided walk with a naturalist guide or you can do it self guided to walk it on your own.

In order to do the ziplining tour, you must take the aerial tram to get to the first cable.

Now let’s get more into details about each activity.

Aerial Tram (20 minutes up)

The Sky Adventures aerial tram takes visitors on a peaceful ride, more than 800 meters (2624 feet) up.

sky adventures la fortuna aerial tram
aerial tram

Along the way, you’ll see Lake Arenal and Arenal Volcano as you ascend through the lush rainforest until you reach the observation deck.

Once there, soak in all the views and take photos on the Giant Hand with the lake as your backdrop. You can also see Arenal Volcano and the start of the ziplinine tour.

An Asian woman wearing a harness and ziplining gear is standing on a big hand structure, with a lake in the background, posing and smiling at SKy Adventurse in la Fortuna, Costa Rica
The Giant Hand – great photo spot

If you are doing the ziplining, then you will continue onto the first cable from the observation deck. If you are not ziplining, you will ride the aerial tram back down.

The aerial tram experience have bilingual guide available to share tidbits about the local flora and fauna along this 20 minute per way ride.

The Sky Adventures aerial tram truly gives you some of the best views of the entire area around Arenal Volcano!

Book your Sky Adventures aerial tram here!

Ziplining (around 2.5 hours)

Details: 7 cables, professional braking system that does not require manual braking (no pulling down on the cable), no hands on the cable system and all cables are connected via grounded platforms.

The Sky Adventures ziplining tour can only be described as an adrenaline fueled adventure. and one of the BEST ziplining tours in Costa Rica.

With seven cables, intricately set among the rainforest tree tops for breathtaking views of Lake Arenal and Arenal Volcano, you’ll have an experience of a lifetime zipping over and through the trees.

Photo of a group of people dressed in ziplining equipment and gear, standing on a platform waiting to go zipline their first cable, a volcano and rainforest are in the back drop at Sky Adventures in La Fortuna
View of the first cable

You literally zipline right towards Arenal Volcano for a couple of the cables and then the others towards Lake Arenal!

Photo of a man on a ziplining cable, with a volcano and rainforest in front of him, you can only see his left hand wearing a glove holding onto a cable and his harness and gear
Ziplining with Arenal Volcano

On a clear day, there’s nothing quite like the experience of soaring over the rainforest, right towards an active volcano!

Ready to fly? Book your Sky Adventures tour here!

Sky Adventures Arenal La Fortuna - Ziplining
Ziplining towards Lake Arenal

With the no manual braking system, you don’t have to worry at all about pulling on the cable.

The longest cable reaches over 750 meters (over 2460 feet) and the highest is 200 meters (656 feet). You will fly up to speeds of 70 km/h! (43 mph).

An adult is ziplining through the rainforest with Arenal Volcano as a backdrop (at sky Adventures in La Fortuna, Costa Rica).
Ziplining in front of Arenal Volcano
Two adults wearing helmets are smiling and posing, taking a selfie during a ziplining tour in la Fortuna. Arenal Volcano and the rainforest are behind them.
Us on the Sky Adventures ziplining tour

Sky Adventures’s ziplining tour keeps the adrenaline flowing, as you zipline from platform to platform. The guides keep a constant smile on your face as they crack jokes with the group. It’s non stop fun and excitement the entire time!

A photo of a suspended bridge, over looking the rainforest and Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica at sky Adventures in La Fortuna
Walk across the bridge to finish the tour

The Sky Adventures zipline is one of our favorite things to do in La Fortuna.

Suitable for families of all ages, with children at least 5 years of age. A fantastic family activity in La Fortuna for the outdoorsy, adventurous family!

Want to book the Sky Adventures ziplining tour? Click to go to our Sky Adventures booking form!

Hanging Bridges (Guided or Non Guided)

Sky Adventures has their own hanging bridges trail. It has three longer hanging bridges of up to 236 M or 774 ft long and 70 M or 230 ft, two short non suspended bridges bathrooms and one observation point on the 4 km (2.5 mile) trail.

Visitors can do the hike on their own or opt for a naturalist guide to enrich their experience. For those short on time or prefer a leisurely walk at their own pace, a guide is not really required nor needed.

2.5 hours on a guided walk, 1.5-2 hours on a self guided walk.

A man in hiking gear with a backpack and hat is walking on a suspended hanging bridges through the rainforest in Sky Adventures in la Fortuna
Walking on the hanging bridge

For those interested in learning about the secrets of the rainforest, a guided walk will be very interesting.

A group of adults in hiking gear are on a hanging bridges, and a young guide in a blue shirt is pointing at something with his flashlight. In La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Guided hanging bridges walk

The natural trail does have some elevation and uneven terrain, but as it goes deeper into the rainforest, all you hear are cicadas, monkeys and birds.

Hanging bridge suspended in the rainforest, in Sky Adventures, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Hanging bridges seen from the aerial tram

The longest hanging bridges are 127 meters (416 feet) in length and 46 meters (150 feet) in height and 143 meters (469 feet) long and 70 meters (229 feet) high.

You’ll then reach a viewpoint, called El Millon, to see Lake Arenal and El Castillo.

Sky adventures in La Fortuna - view from the mirador on the hanging bridges walk of Lake Arenal
View from the mirador

Continue onwards, and there are some bathrooms and then you will reach the end of the trail, exiting the way you came in.

The guided hanging bridges walk is around 2.5 hours long. If you walk the hanging bridges trail on your own, it can take you around 1.5 hours.

Book your Sky Adventures hanging bridges walk here!

Overall

Sky Adventures is a fantastic option for those looking for the fastest, longest and most thrilling zipline tours in Costa Rica.

It may not have a tarzan swing or Superman cable like other tours, but the views alone on cables going up to 70 kmph will keep your heart pounding the whole time!

The park does get quite busy during the high tourism season from December through April.

Although they have many guides that do a great job of keeping the flow and organizing the groups into the designated time slots, sometimes you may have to wait on the platform for a little bit for your turn.

As the park’s only 30 minutes from downtown La Fortuna, and close to Mistico Hanging Bridges Park, Arenal 1968 and Arenal Volcano National Park, you can combine your zipline/aerial tram/hanging bridges walk with another great activity in the morning or afternoon.

You can do the ziplining tour in the morning, hike Arenal Volcano National Park afterwards, and then end the day at the hot springs at a resort such as Ecotermales, Baldi, Paradise, or Tabacon (some of our favorites).

Check out our La Fortuna itineraries to see what else we recommend for 1 – 4 days.

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If you’re ready to make your reservation at Sky Adventures, please click to go to our Sky Adventures booking form!

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8 responses

  1. Brenda

    Hi Sammi! What is the maximum number of people for the tram/ziplining tour? We have 7 adults, is that enough for a private tour? Also, what happens if one group member chickens out on a zip line? Do they get through the route by other means, or go back to the start, or what? Thanks!

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    1. Sammi

      Hello Brenda, there isn’t private tours, but your group of 7 will stay together during the tram and zipline, you have to split up for the aerial tram since the cars can’t hold all 7 people but otherwise you’ll stay together. For the zipline, the first cable is a practice, and if anyone wants to leave, they can leave after this practice cable. After the second cable, there is no exit and everyone has to finish the circuit.

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  2. Bailee

    Hi! Is it possible to buy your tickets there, or should we reserve in advance? I have a 12 almost 13 year old daughter that is not 100% sure that she is brave enough to do it, so I just hate to pay for her then she change her mind.

    thanks so much!

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    1. Sammi

      Hi Bailee, it depends on when you are visiting because in high tourism season, spots do sell out quickly and availability can be limited if you’re on a tight schedule so it’s best to reserve beforehand. But if you’re flexible, you can definitely wait a couple days before and just pick whatevers available

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  3. Mae

    You mention “You can do the ziplining tour in the morning, hike Arenal Volcano National Park afterwards, and then end the day at the hot springs”. Are the hot springs part of the package or do we have to go elsewhere?
    Thank you

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    1. Sammi

      Hi Mae, Sky Adventures doesn’t have their own hot springs, you’ll need to go to a hot springs resort in La Fortuna, not too far from Sky.

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  4. Bonnie marie Tibbitts

    what information do you have about white water rafting on the Tenorio river? we will be in Bijagua for 3 or 4 nights in December
    Is 4 night too long? we are going to spend 5 nights in Samaura after leaving Bijagua.
    Thank you

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    1. Sammi

      Bijagua is a very cute town but 4 nights is a bit long, although if you are just looking to relax, do nothing, enjoy nature, go birdwatching, then that may be a good enough time for you, but usually people spend 1 or 2 nights in Bijagua to visit the national park and then one day to go birding or a nature walk. It’s a teeny tiny little town.

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