Arenal: Costa Rica's Adventure Capital
Dive head first into an adrenaline-fueled world as you rappel 200 feet down canyon waterfalls and hurtle 55 mph above the treetops in Costa Rica's adventure capital!
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Canopy Tours
A canopy tour is a must on any nature lover’s “to do” list since so much of Costa Rica’s biodiversity exists in the canopy layer. These tours are one of the most popular tourism activities in Costa Rica. Most are zip-line style tours, but some include aerial trams, suspension bridges and lookout towers.
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Arenal
Like fireworks at Disneyland, visitors used to flock to Arenal in hopes of seeing the nightly display of glowing red lava flowing from the near perfect cone of the mighty volcano. During the daytime, visitors explored Arenal rappelling down its waterfalls, hiking through its rainforest and soaring through its valleys on zip lines.
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Arenal Volcano National Park
Arenal Volcano National Park draws on the imagination as you wander through each of its unique and bizarre landscapes. From the Heliconias trailhead, you'll walk into a hedge maze of tall grass– a similar species to sugar cane. The grass, known as brave cane, rises some twenty feet into the air on all sides of the trail, acting as the first of the pioneer plants that will lay the groundwork for the rainforest's regeneration.
Read MoreLast updated: Jan 30, 2023