The Canopy Zipline

The purpose of this vacation is to relax and have some fun!  We usually do not get the chance to do both of those things while on our longer summer trips.  So we planned this trip with an emphasis on fun activities everyday.....with plenty of R&R in between.  Costa Rica was at the top of our list for "fun" destinations!  So let the FUN begin!!!

Excursion #1 - Canopy Zipline Tour

We will NEVER forget the zipline from our South Africa trip....even though we try to forget about it every day!  It was definitely one of the scariest activities we have ever done while on vacation.  Jenesa and I are always looking for some fun and adventure - but it seems the older we get....the more we start reassessing what is fun and what is plain stupid!

The history of the zipline originates with biologists who set out to study the diversity of animal life in the upper canopy level of the lush rain forests.  These canopy tours of Costa Rica allow them to explore this inaccessible ecosystem.  The system of cables and platforms takes you across and above the treetops, while wearing secure gear, to provide a different perspective of the forest than what you'd usually see from the ground.  In other words, these biologists were smart enough to realize tourists would pay big bucks to do dumb shit like this!

 

Enter the Leonard's!!!

Jenesa and I felt much more safe in the Costa Rican treetops than staring down into the Zimbabwe River.  So for a little over an hour we zipped from tree to tree over the forest - roughly a dozen ziplines stretching out across the canopy.  My daredevil wife even felt the need to volunteer to zip upside down at one point (woohoo!).