Monday, April 28 - Canopy Tour - afternoon
We waited in front of our hotel for a while for our transportation to the canopy tour. It was a good thing that we contacted our tour organizer because it was evident that the drivers had forgotten to pick us up. Another bumpy ride in a real 4x4 (according to our original itinerary, we were to be transported in 4x4s, but those turned out to be vans). So what is a canopy tour? According to the Original Canopy Tour, canopy tours "consist of a network of cables suspended over the treetops where attached to a harness and a pulley you zip from one tree to another resting on platforms set on treetops".
The staff helped us don our gear of harnesses, buckles, helmets, and gloves. We were all very nervous because there is no netting between you and the forest floor. Brave Alice volunteered to go first. Once we saw that she made it to the next platform safely, we weren't as anxious of the whole get-up. Zipping through the forest is a thrill ride. No animals sighted because we probably scared them all away with our screams. haha! We also got to rappel down a tree which was, for a split second, a frightening experience. Jody was the first to go down and I was right after her. So while I was being strapped in, I heard a piercing shreik from her. No idea why she screamed - thought she saw a bug on the tree or something. I was slowly being eased down when they suddenly dropped me down. And boy did I scream! It was a stomach falling out feeling. Now, I understood why Jody screamed.
We also did a Tarzan swing. :p Alice, again, was the first one to do it. You climb onto this platform where they strap you to the end of a long rope that was tied to a high branch of a tree about 20-30 feet away. While they are strapping you, you are standing on the edge of the platform and they pretend to push you off. To make it even scarier, once you're set to go, they lift you up even higher than you were and literally throw you down. Again, stomach falling out feeling and random shreiking. After the initial drop, it becomes a really fun swing ride. :) During that first drop, everyone is laughing at you - the girls, our drivers, the canopy tour staff. :D We got a couple of videos captured on digital camera of the swing ride.
There were some really long zip lines that carried you over the tops of the forest. So cool! I recommend taking a canopy tour to anyone who is headed to Costa Rica.
We waited in front of our hotel for a while for our transportation to the canopy tour. It was a good thing that we contacted our tour organizer because it was evident that the drivers had forgotten to pick us up. Another bumpy ride in a real 4x4 (according to our original itinerary, we were to be transported in 4x4s, but those turned out to be vans). So what is a canopy tour? According to the Original Canopy Tour, canopy tours "consist of a network of cables suspended over the treetops where attached to a harness and a pulley you zip from one tree to another resting on platforms set on treetops".
The staff helped us don our gear of harnesses, buckles, helmets, and gloves. We were all very nervous because there is no netting between you and the forest floor. Brave Alice volunteered to go first. Once we saw that she made it to the next platform safely, we weren't as anxious of the whole get-up. Zipping through the forest is a thrill ride. No animals sighted because we probably scared them all away with our screams. haha! We also got to rappel down a tree which was, for a split second, a frightening experience. Jody was the first to go down and I was right after her. So while I was being strapped in, I heard a piercing shreik from her. No idea why she screamed - thought she saw a bug on the tree or something. I was slowly being eased down when they suddenly dropped me down. And boy did I scream! It was a stomach falling out feeling. Now, I understood why Jody screamed.
We also did a Tarzan swing. :p Alice, again, was the first one to do it. You climb onto this platform where they strap you to the end of a long rope that was tied to a high branch of a tree about 20-30 feet away. While they are strapping you, you are standing on the edge of the platform and they pretend to push you off. To make it even scarier, once you're set to go, they lift you up even higher than you were and literally throw you down. Again, stomach falling out feeling and random shreiking. After the initial drop, it becomes a really fun swing ride. :) During that first drop, everyone is laughing at you - the girls, our drivers, the canopy tour staff. :D We got a couple of videos captured on digital camera of the swing ride.
There were some really long zip lines that carried you over the tops of the forest. So cool! I recommend taking a canopy tour to anyone who is headed to Costa Rica.
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