Zip-lining in Quepos - Hannah

Last Saturday we had a great time zip-lining with Canopy Safari Tours in Quepos. Zip-lining through the rainforests is a popular tourist activity in Costa Rica, and there are lots of locations where it's offered. We weren't originally planning on doing it because it's expensive. But since we saved money on our flights home, we decided to splurge with some of the savings. It was at the top of everyone's lists (well, maybe except Jonah who was cautious but very brave). And we figured it was still less than Disneyland, and way more fun in my opinion.

Quepos is about three hours away from our house, so we did have a bit of a drive early in the morning. When we got to Canopy Tours, we started our tour with a forty-five minute bus ride to the zip-lines, where we enjoyed some watermelon, pineapple and a new juice--made fresh from cas fruit.

We also explored the pretty butterfly garden and saw some cool snakes in the serpentarium (though none as cool as the snake by our house last year).

After seeing the wildlife, we put on our gear for the adventure. We went on a short hike, and then went through a series of platforms high up in the trees.

We went on ten zip-lines. . .

. . . as well as two rappels, a suspension bridge, and a Tarzan swing.

We finished it off with a Costa Rican lunch--rice, beans, chicken, veggies, salad and fried plantains. 

It was pretty much an awesome day.