It was not long before the growing sites to see tourist industry in Costa Rica took notice of this technique and decided that it was too exciting an activity to pass it up. Thus the sport was born as sites to see an assisted sport which is sometimes called a canopy tour, mainly because it is targeted to the tourists. The sport has created a huge controversy due to the fact that Canadian Darren Rennick, owner sites to see of the Canopy Tour(r), patented the name sites to see and the technique at the Costa Rica Registry of Patents and Inventions. According to Rennick, he designed the modifications to the usual techniques that became what is now known in Costa Rica sites to see as a canopy tour or canopying. Now, over 10 companies operate this type of adventure sport in different parts of the Costa Rican rainforest, notorious among them the one in Villa Blanca Hotel, San Ramon, because it sites to see is owned by Costa Rica´s expresident Rodrigo Carazo. As of now, Rennick and his associates are engaged in a legal battle against all the other companies (pirates) in sites to see an effort to prevent their use of this patented adventure sport. It must sites to see be said that his company is the oldest and has an established reputation for being both safe and fun.
sites to see Canopying is an adventure sport, and as such it poses risks to your health. You should use common sense when engaging in this type of sport and also ask the companies for antecedents sites to see and safety precautions before trying in it.
That said, you will discover in the canopies of the rainforest a sites to see world of its own, filled with creatures that only inhabit those enchanted regions. Some companies will even let you camp overnight in the platforms atop the trees. When engaging in the sport you might need the following sites to see things, light raincoat, light clothes, camera, binoculars, insect repellent and last but not least, an adventurous spirit. All other equipment is supplied by the companies.
Belive us when we say this, if you engage in canopying, it is something you sites to see will remember for the rest of your life and something you will want to do again. We are sure that soon this sport will extend all over the globe in different types of forests, but nothing compares to canopying sites to see through a tropical cloudforest.