The canopy tour can accommodate up to 15 people, but we are visiting during Costa Rica's rainy season, which lasts from May to early December. Lucky for us, there are decidedly few tourists, and, like ...

Beyond Zip Lines: 5 Can't-Miss Adventures in Costa Rica When you picture a Costa Rica vacation, zip lining through thick jungles may spring to mind. While zip lining is incredibly popular and a ...

I remember a time when there were no canopy zipline tours in Costa Rica. The first one didn’t open until 1997, in the cloud forest of Monteverde. Before that, tourism here revolved around the National ...

LA FORTUNA, COSTA RICA — “I’m not sure I can do this,” I said to myself while climbing a few steps to take a practice ride for a zipline. I was in northern Costa Rica, in the shadow of the country’s ...

An exploration of the origins of jungle canopy ziplining leads to a tangled web of claims and a fascinating story in the heart of Costa Rica. The canopy zipline was invented in Sarapiquí in 1979 by a ...

Put a little spring into your step at Tabacon. Nobody makes love, not war, better than Costa Rica. That’s probably because — and let’s just keep this between us, given the neighborhood — the Central ...