Activities and tours Costa Rica

Forward! Hard! Duro, duro! I could hear our guide’s voice behind me, yelling us to paddle stronger as we quickly approached the next rapid. I tightened my grip and paddled as hard as I could, sputtering water out of my mouth and bracing for the wave to hit us. Woosh! Water splashed all over me […]

Although Monteverde is famous for its soaring ziplines and breathtaking cloud forests, it’s also a great destination in Costa Rica to explore and travel on a budget. If you are on a tight budget and can’t book many tours, or you have an extra day in Monteverde and want to see some cool local spots […]

La Fortuna is known as the adventure capital of Costa Rica and white water rafting is one of the many adventure activities you can do. There are actually a handful of rivers for white water rafting, suitable for all rafting levels. If you’re a first timer, then the Class 2 & 3 white water rafting […]

One of the coolest things to do in Monteverde is to climb the ficus root bridge, otherwise known as the Ficus La Raiz. It’s a very cool spot near downtown Santa Elena that makes for great photos so if you have an hour to kill in between the Monteverde guided hikes and tours, definitely check […]

Monteverde’s favorable climate and unique cloud forest is home to a abundance of ficus trees, also known as stranglers trees. These strangler trees leave behind a unique formation when it kills the host tree and in Monteverde, you can actually climb one of these hollow ficus trees! Climbing the hollow Monteverde ficus tree is one […]

As Yeison and I walked towards the Hacienda El Viejo cultural tour, a woman dressed in a beautiful green and white dress greeted us with a huge smile on her face. Muy buenos dias mis amigos!  Hola! We smiled and answered back. She waited for us to sit down on the bench and get ourselves […]