Sports and leisure activities Costa Rica

Thanks to its numerous parks, reserves, refuges, volcanoes and private sites, Costa Rica offers hikers countless discovery routes, for both the sporty and the less sporty, and all this without breaking the bank! For short hikes (between 1 and 3 days): the craters of the volcanoes of the Central Valley are accessible by short hikes from the parking lot. The ascent of the Rincón de la Vieja is now forbidden but you can discover its large park by walking, as well as the Río Celeste. The discovery of the national parks of Cahuita, Manuel Antonio and/or La Amistad is an ideal way to start the adventure on foot. For the more adventurous, it is also possible to go for two or three days (with nights in La Sirena) in the Corcovado National Park. For longer hikes (3 days or more), it is essential to be in excellent physical condition, especially in a tropical environment. Corcovado National Park offers adventure trails in one of the most beautiful rainforests in the world. In addition, it is possible to stay at the Sirena base camp. Similarly, the Santa Rosa National Park, with its different appearance and tropical dry forest, leads to the beautiful surf beaches of Naranjo and Bahia Salinas. For more intense trekking, you will find in the park of La Amistad hikes adapted to your more adventurous requirements, in particular the ascent of Cerro Chirripó with its summit of "Andean" nature. Beautiful, challenging but simply sublime hikes are also possible in Los Quetzales National Park.

Because of its high mountains, some of which are over 3,000 meters high, the humid tropical climate and the nearby sea, the rivers are not long and have a steep gradient. Costa Rica has many streams and rivers of great interest for rafting. On the coastal side, the powerful rollers (olas) of the Pacific Ocean, constitute numerous surf spots which attract more and more locals... and tourists! A two weeks stay is not too much for surfers to appreciate the Costa Rican spots. It is even a little short, especially if the evenings in the bars and the nights are as agitated as on the surfboards... Among the most famous: the South Caribbean coast, the South Pacific, the Tamarindo area. If the great majority of the roads of Costa Rica are now tarred, some of them remain formidable playgrounds for the all-terrain motorcycle, "the enduro". In rainy season as in dry season, the Costa Rican tracks allow the lovers of theenduro and of the nature to discover the country in a different way. Finally, a real success of Costa Rica for a few years, the canopy(canopy in English, term most often used here) allows to go and observe the upper canopy of the forest. Among the toucans, monkeys and other reptiles, you will be able to climb to the tops by means of cables or suspended walkways.