Ziplines and hanging bridges
Seeing the forest from above: steel cables to cross it fast and hanging bridges to cross it slowly. The bridges ask nothing of your fitness; the cable does ask for a stomach.
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- zipline Costa Rica
- canopy tour
- hanging bridges
- sky bridges
Where to find it · 2 areas
Alajuela
See everything La Fortuna
The town at the foot of Arenal volcano, with the cone in view from almost any corner when the sky clears. Around it are hot springs, a waterfall, hanging bridges and Lake Arenal. It's one of the most tourism-ready places in the country, and you can tell.
3 days PuntarenasMonteverde
Cloud forest at around 1,400 metres above sea level, where mist drifts through the trees for much of the day. You walk it on trails and hanging bridges, and it's one of the places people come looking for the quetzal. It really is cool up there — bring a jacket.
2 days