One of the best new tour offerings we've run across are the white water rafting day trips we've found to Pacuare Gorge in small groups. So basically you stay in a 4 star setting in Villa Real eco Residential, you'll wake up to hike the nature trails and roads, swim the Olympic sized pool, play tennis, take golf lessons, have personal trainers help you set and reach goals working out, have yoga instructors help you stretch out, and nutritional counsel by doctors at CIMA help you to eat right. Then, you'll take day trips such as these outstanding whitewater raftfing tours in Level 3 and 4 rapids through surrounding rain forests.
Leaving from Santa Ana, you're tour guide takes care of everything on the way, from suiting up to lunch. Here's how the describe the one day tour, which costs 149 per person:
Early morning pick-up by your River Guide at your hotel in San Jose. There will be no more than one other stop en route to a deluxe Costa Rican breakfast on the way to the river. Upon arrival at the put-in, your professional guides will give an orientation and safety talk. You will then proceed down river on continuous Class III-IV rapids. This trip runs with a maximum of three rafts, compared to other groups that operate with as many as 25 rafts.
As you are swept down the Pacuare Gorge by the currents, soak in the natural beauty of the primary and secondary rainforests surrounding you. Water level permitting, a guide will lead you on a hike up one of the many creeks that spill into the Pacuare. Upon your return to the riverbank, you will find a gourmet lunch prepared by your guides turned white-gloved waiters.
Float and paddle downriver to the take-out in the Caribbean town of Siquirres where towels and a victory cocktail await. Drive back to your San Jose hotel (approx. two hours).
For details about incorporating this into your stay at Villa Real eco residential in Santa Ana, contact us at info@palmmgt.com
