The Costa Rican Institute of Tourism showcases the many adventure and nature activities available in Costa Rica, at the Outdoor Adventure Show (OAS), at...
Arenal is the unofficial capital of adventure tourism in Costa Rica — whitewater rafting, ziplining, canyoning, mountain biking, horseback riding, all-terrain vehicles — and all of these adventures are served up with a few spoonfuls of fear.
As we set out to paddle the Sarapiquí River, we were told that every obstacle on a journey is a metaphor. We found ours when asked to join hands and jump off a cliff.
I was in the Osa Peninsula's Matapalo, which means "strangler fig," so what the heck, I agreed to climb 68 feet up a strangler fig and be yanked off the tree into a Tarzan swing that felt like free-falling from heaven to earth.
After the invigorating horseback ride, the thrill of whitewater tubing, the first three ziplines and the heart-stopping drop off a bridge over a canyon...