Pure Trek Canyoning - La Fortuna de San Carlos, Alajuela Costa Rica

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La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano & Northern Lowlands, Alajuela
Costa Rica

La Fortuna de San Carlos

Canyoning at Pure Trek Adventures

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Pure Trek Canyoning offers the adventure traveler one of the most exciting tours available in Costa Rica today. Since 2001, Pure Trek Canyoning has been leading this new multi - sport adventure in "canyoning" by rappelling and hiking in this spectacular rain forest canyon.

Come experience the Magic of the Rainforest!

Your trip begins with a 30-minute 4x4 drive into the tropical rainforest outside the town of La Fortuna, in the shadow of the Arenal Volcano.

We trek through the forest on magical trails that lead to some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Costa Rica, a place very few people get to experience. Along the way we will have the chance to discover the secrets that lie hidden deep within the canyon.

From the first waterfall we will rappel down from the top into the beautiful and pristine canyon below. We have 5 rappels, 4 of which are along side or right in waterfalls, and one dry rock face. Then a short trek out of the canyon on a magical trail, jump back in the 4x4 vehicles and head back to the base camp.

Key Features

Canyoning - Ultimate Waterfall Adventure Includes:
5 Rappels (4 waterfalls and 1 rock wall)
Hiking on beautiful trails in the canyon
Transportation to and from your hotel
Bilingual Professionaly trained guides
Typical Costa Rican Lunch
Streamfed Canyon with plenty of water all-year
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Hiking to the Waterfall at Pure Trek Adventures

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Adventure Includes:

5 Rappels (4 waterfalls and 1 rock wall) in a rainforest

Hiking on beautiful trails in the canyon between rappels

Transportation to and from your hotel(La Fortuna Area)

Bilingual Professionaly trained guides

Typical Lunch

What to bring:

Fast drying clothing (surf shorts, outdoor hiking type synthetic clothes)

Adventure sandals, tennis shoes, or light hiking boots

Camara or Video Camera

Change of Clothes

Tour Times
There are two tours a day, 7:00AM and 12:00PM, they are approximately 4 hours in duration. Both tours include lunch at our base camp and snacks in the canyon.

Pure Trek Canyoning

Pure Trek Canyoning has been in operation since 2001 moving tourists through a “slot” canyon in La Fortuna. From children to adults and people with experience we have become specialists in this type of tour during these last 6 years after doing the first decent in the canyon. There are different techniques used in this sport that we have adapted for tourists that have no experience. We use 2 techniques – rappelling and hiking on trails in the canyon. Canyoning or Canyoneering is not just a rappel from a bridge or a waterfall it is moving though a canyon using various techniques.

Listed below are the details that we have adapted in our canyon to make the sport of Canyoning into a safe exciting tour for anyone.

We always send 3 guides, 2 at the top of each rappel and one at the bottom. When we reach 14 passengers we send 6 guides to divide the group into 2 groups to maintain a very high guide to client ratio. One guide at the top is on upper belay using a friction device (guarding the safety rope for the client rappelling) the other guide at the top is in charge of connecting
the client to the main rappel line. The guide at the bottom is on lower belay using a friction device. Both guides at the top and bottom on belay are there to stop the client if needed, the client is in control of the rappel but the guide is there to help if needed.

The clients rappel from platforms and are always connected to a safety cable. They are not disconnected from the safety line until they are safely connected to the main rappel rope.

We use set anchors similar to cable wraps used in Canopy tours, connected to large trees on each side of the canyon that have very deep roots and are far from the edge of both sides of the canyon, this is due to the fact that in Costa Rica there is so much erosion due to the amount of rain. The cables are the anchors are also there to sustain the rope the client is rappelling from. It also maintains the rope at a 90 degree angle that helps the client rappel as well as the life of the rope.

We work with a structural engineer with all our cable set anchors and the building of our platforms. We inspect all the anchors everyday before each tour as well as all our trails.

We always bring a backboard and all gear necessary to evacuate anyone from the canyon using our exit trails with ease.

90 percent of our trails are out of the waterway. We have exit trails at the top and bottom or each rappel.

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