Canopy Tour in Costa Rica

When you visit Costa Rica, you have to try their longest canopy zip line you can zip through nature. You have to fly through a cable from mountain to mountain. The distance is between 2.5 miles of linear cable. You can really feel your adrenaline while you zip in 40 miles per hour, 2,500 feet long in each cable, 524 feet from the ground. Each tour has it's own observation deck where you can enjoy a panoramic view of the active 'Arenal Volcano' and the tree tops. When we were there the volcano is active and we saw the lava at night from our hotel room.

We had a little bit of training before the started with the real tour. They have a few cable line for them to show you how to zip from one end to another. You don't want to stop half way of the cable because if you do, you're on your own. You have to manually drag yourself to the other end of the cable . No one can really help you, so you have to pay attention during the training. They will teach you how to properly position yourself in order for you to zip straight to the end of the cable. They will also tell you how to slow down when you're almost at the end of the cable and another tour guide will hold you in order for you to have a full stop.

This is one of our unique experience while we were in Costa Rica. If you have fear of heights and you want to try the canopy tour, you better hold your breath and zip from one cable to the other and have fun!