Whitewater rafting is Costa Rica Camping the ultimate combination of beauty and thrill- an ideal way to savor Costa Rica’s natural splendor, diverse ecosystems, and exotic wildlife, which have Costa Rica Camping made river running here only slightly less popular than in the United States. A rafting trip is simply pure joy : a sort of bucking-bronco ride with soft pillows instead of a saddle.
There are a great number of white Costa Rica Camping water programs to chose from, with ground transportation from San Jose, and professional bilingual tour operators and guides. Comfort is Costa Rica Camping met with quality meals, and roomy tents and thick pads for sleeping on overnights trips. And Costa Rica Camping unlike most of the other places you can visit, Costa Rica regulates its tourism industry Costa Rica Camping making it very trustful because of it is held to strict standards.
On the Costa Rica Camping different places you can visit is always the same, there the sense of isolation is complete. Everything is as silent as a graveyard, except for the Costa Rica Camping chattering monkeys and birds. With luck you may see small caiman in pools and shallows at lower elevations.
Generally, May-June and Costa Rica Camping September-October are the best times for high water. Trips on the Reventazon, Pacuare, and Corobici are offered year-round, although in dry season Costa Rica Camping the latter two rivers can be barely runable. Rivers are rated from class I through VI in degree of difficulty, with the class V considered for pure experts only. These are the most popular rivers you can find :
Rio Reventazon (Class II-V) : This river tumbles out of Lake Cachi and cascades to the Costa Rica Camping Caribbean lowlands in an exciting series of rapids. Begginers can take a trip in the middle-section (Class II-III) which is the most popular section for one-day trips. The Guayabo section offers extremely difficult class V runs : one rapid, El Horrendo ( The Awfull ), drops an awesome seven meters in one hundred meters.