Up to this point in my life, I always held out on zip lining, because I wanted to have my first experience in Costa Rica (ie. canopy tours began). In fact, in the 1970’s, wildlife biologists set up zip-lines within the rainforest so that they can study and explore the area without disturbing the environment. And from that came the idea of doing canopy tours via zip lines!

Arenal Volcano was the second stop on our Costa Rican road trip, and it was a pretty smooth drive from San Jose to the district of La Fortuna. I originally reserved a small SUV for our journey, but when we got to Avis, they only had economy cars left over. So, unfortunately, we got stuck with a Nissan Versa.

During my 10 day trip to Costa Rica, I was able to stop in Puntarenas for a few days. Puntarenas is about a 2.5 hour drive from San Jose and is widely popular due to the National Park it has. Manuel Antonio National Park is the smallest of any Costa Rican National Park, but it has the most attendance based off of ticket sales.