El Santuario Canopy Adventure Tour, Manuel Antonio

Our experience was nothing short of outstanding! The guides make you feel safe and are very professional. My family & I had the best time zip lining and afterwards we enjoyed the most delicious homemade Costa Rican meal! The clean facilities and gear were also appreciated. Don’t hesitate booking this exciting excursion! You’ll be happy you did!

Outstanding in every way! Communication was perfect, I was able to book through WhatsApp by texting their number and speaking with Francesca (who was super nice). I had my own car, so we met at a small, local airport and I followed the tour group through a few miles of palm groves and small family farms on a dirt road that ended at El Santuario on private property. The welcome was wonderful and among the beautiful flowers were tasteful restrooms and a seating area with tables, benches, cold water and juice were provided (and water and fruit was during the activity). We were all fitted with gear and then we hopped into vans or back of a truck to head to the foot of the course. There was a brief but necessarily informative safety lesson, and then we were on our way! I’m pretty sure there were 10 zip lines altogether with the longest taking over 90 seconds to complete…you can even race someone with parallel lines at one of them, spin around, or even hang upside down! Juan was my amigo and was helpful along the way not only in assisting me to film some great footage, but also as a guide to some local flora and fauna like the endangered “Hot Lips” plant (psychotria sp. elata), a plant with beautiful red flowers used for millennia by indigenous healers who used the plant for a variety of ailments, and the giant but docile banana spider (there ARE venomous varieties, but these were not those). Any the end, we rappelled down a tall tree and awaited a ride back to base where a delicious home-cooked typical Costa Rican lunch was waiting for us. You can purchase photos that they take along the way of each person or be happy with what you’re able to take. I liked having my phone with me and was able to secure it in zipped pockets, especially when capturing all the adventure and even the occasional blue morpho butterfly! I definitely recommend El Santuario Canopy Tours. Some of the walking to go from line to line may be difficult for people who have physical limitations. Even though it was warm and humid the day I went (went for the earliest tour at 7:40 AM), I did opt to wear lightweight/quick dry hiking pants and good hiking boots. Some people were wearing shorts and sneakers, which was fine, but I was much more comfortable in more appropriate gear, considering you are in a jungle with all the jungle critters around you! If you visit Manuel Antonio (which you SHOULD!), definitely check them out for a once in a lifetime treat that you’ll never forget.