Sitting on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, you’ll find the quiet sandy shores of Punta Uva. Home to a small number of residents and mildly populated by tourism, this peaceful place is only a five-minute walk to the Gandoca Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge. Surrounded by bounteous rainforest filled with a network of hiking trails, the beach features a shallow coral reef excellent for snorkeling. In the nearby Talamanca mountain range, indigenous tribes live in harmony with nature following simple sustainability practices of their predecessors who settled here long, long ago. They welcome you to learn the process of making chocolate from cacao and will take you swimming at a jungle waterfall, or on a guided birdwatching expedition. Tours are also available from this area to go ziplining through the canopy, rappelling in the waterfalls and streams, plus climbing a giant old growth tree!
Adventure, Extreme
Your Puerto Viejo Jungle Adventure Tour is designed for the experienced athlete who loves a challenge. This is a day full of hiking, climbing, swinging and rappelling through the jungle near the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The tour includes crossing a hammock bridge over the canopy, hiking down a river, swimming in natural pools, rappelling down a waterfall, climbing a giant tree an ...
Suggested age range: 12+
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