Feel the excitement of aquatic adventures in the different activities that Costa Rica offers, whether you’re among the most daring or prefer more moderate thrills. Dare to overcome the river currents in while rafting in groups of five people or more, or navigate the waves in a kayak.
While touring the exhilarating waters of our rivers and their eddies, you’ll enjoy an totally natural world. If you prefer to ride the current in quieter rivers, you will be able to tour beautiful landscapes where you’ll have the chance to admire wild animals and lush forests that will enrapture you and make you feel like a part of them.
You can also enjoy sea kayaking on our coast, where you’ll feel the exciting movement of the waves under a radiant sun, and you’ll get to see Costa Rican beaches with different colors of sand, surrounded by lush vegetation. You can also enjoy relaxing canoe trips through rivers, canals, lakes and wetlands in exquisitely beautiful natural environments.
One of the activities that attracts the most tourist attention in Costa Rica is diving, whether on the water’s surface with a snorkel, or deep-sea diving with an oxygen tank. You’ll connect with a colorful underwater world, where you can see the spectacular whale shark, whitetip reef sharks (in the Isla del Coco*), manta rays, schools of different species, eels, lobsters, gorgeous coral formations and many more species.
* Isla del Coco, one of the 10 most important marine sites on the planet, was declared a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Because of this, visits are regulated by SINAC-MINAE, the environmental regulatory body. The island is located 500 km from Puntarenas, and it takes approximately 20 hours to get there.
For adventure tourism lovers, Costa Rica is a destination where emotions and adrenaline abound. Throughout the year and in most of the country, whether by water, land or air, you can choose from a variety of activities for the whole family, which usually take place in natural settings where memorable experiences come to life.
The most important key to enjoying adventurous activities is safety. For this reason, Costa Rica seeks to ensure that adventure tourism companies are regulated and have operating permits of different government agencies.
Because of the excellent attributes of adventure tourism in Costa Rica, some international media outlets have designated our country as being the best destination for adventure.
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