 Canopy Adventure
The tour starts with a 5 minutes walk through the forest to the first platform. The canopy has12 platforms, 2 kms of cables, finishing at the office. The cables range from 50 to 500 meters.
All of the equipment that we use is new. All the equipment is double checked by a guide before we connect you.
During the tour a guide will carry extra equipment in case it necessary, a First Aid kit, and a rappel rope in case we need to evacuate from a platform due to rain or other natural hazards.
All of the guides are certified for basic first aid. Our equipment is rated to 3000 kg. (over 6000 lbs), and each harness has three safety lines, but for everyone’s safety we have a weight limit of 250 lbs.
Persons for this tour need to be in good general health and condition.
Duration:4 hours Adults $55.00 |
ORIGINAL CANOPY TOUR
The ORIGINAL CANOPY TOUR® in Monteverde is not only amazing adventure travel but it is one of the most popular Cloud Forest tours in the Costa Rica. This is where the Canopy Tour was invented!
Located high up near the peek of Costa Rica’s distinguished Monteverde Cloud Forest is where the first The ORIGINAL CANOPY TOUR® was created.
The tour starts with a short, guided hike through the private 70-acre reserve of the Cloud Forest. The first part of the tour will take you through primary (old growth) and secondary (new growth) forest. As you coast along the treetops listen closely for the vast variety of birds that can be seen and heard throughout the preserve. Then, just when you think you have become one with the canopy we get your blood pumping with a drop back down to the forest floor.
During this tour you will have the opportunity to climb up through the inside of a strangler fig and then shimmy along a walkway that winds around the various trees that the strangler fig has consumed in its lifetime. This makes for an unbeatable vantage point for observing the surrounding rainforest where bird watching abounds!
Schedule: 7:30 am, 10:30 am and 2:30 pm.
Duration: 2 and 2.5 hours depending upon group size and needs. $45.00 per person |
 Diving Tours
Our dive sites are accessible within a thirty minute boat ride. Our local dive sites offer white tip reef sharks, giant schools of grunt, yellowtails, spotted eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, angel fish, octopus, sea horses, starfish, frog fish and many species of eels. We have also seen whale sharks up to 35 feet long on numerous occasions, as well as, spinner dolphin, humpback whales, pilot whales, orcas, false killer whales and schools containing hundreds of Mobulas and thousands of cow-nosed rays.
Average visibility ranges from 30 ft. to 50 ft. with possibilities of up to 80 ft. We dive volcanic rock formations and rock pinnacles. There is very little hard coral, but we do have black coral, soft coral and orange cup coral that opens up at night. There is an abundance of life among the rocks which can be seen on both day and night dives.
Night dives are consistently a favorite. We begin the dive with a relaxing ride during which you will experience a sunset unlike any other. The dive itself offers you the chance to explore the micro life, along with very large puffer fish, nudibranchs, gigantic slumbering parrot fish, lobster, tube worms and sea horses. In addition to the marine life we take the opportunity to extinguish our lights and play by the light of the phosphorous, which can create quite a light show. The cup coral, open at night is stupendous.
Also offered are long-range dive trips to both the Catalina and Bat Islands. The best months for diving the Catalina Islands are December through April, where schools of Manta rays with wing spans from 14 ft. to 20 ft. have been seen along with numerous white tip sharks and occasional bull or tiger shark. This site is also known for the large schools of mobula rays and cow-nosed rays. The Catalina Islands are considered a slightly more advanced dive due to stronger currents and surge.
The relaxing cruise to the Bat Islands is a worthwhile trip year round, weather permitting. However, March through November are the optimum months for this long range trip. Here you might see the impressive 8 to 14 foot Bull sharks, schools of cow-nosed rays, eagle rays, and an occasional Manta ray, along with the ever present varieties of larger schooling fish: rainbow runners, horse-eye jacks, spade fish, pompano, snapper and wahoo. This is a challenging dive, but well worth the extra effort.
Some additional information you might find useful. Water temperature from mid-May to mid-December is generally from 75ƒ-78ƒ at depth and a polartec or 3MM suit are usually sufficient. From mid-December to mid-April, water temperatures vary from day to day, with thermoclines causing temperatures to dip to 70ƒ at depth so you will want to bring a full 3MM suit during this period (5 MM if you are easily chilled). The outside temperature at the beaches is 85ƒ to 90ƒ year round. The rainy season runs from May to November, with these months providing some of our best diving. Since we are located in a protected Gulf and do not have rivers draining into our water and visibility is not adversely affected by the rain. In fact, visibility is often enhanced as the rain settles the plankton and rich nutrients that are abundant in Costa Rica.
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