Pacuare River and Lodge

Words can do no justice to describe how amazing every aspect of this three day two night rafting trip was. The Costa Rican rainforest left us speechless, so we suggest you get down here and experience it for yourself. I took over 200 photos in less than 3 days! Each group is assigned a guide who takes you down the river, acts as your naturalist, accompanies you on the canopy tour, serves as your waiter, and leads you on hikes to amazing waterfalls. Max, a fun loving Tico, entertained us along with two other very cool and fun couples. Our bungalow in the jungalow, remember words can´t describe it, was problably the coolest place either of us have ever stayed. Even if there was a tarantula in the bathroom. After a rain most of the first day, we were treated to two sunny days in a row! Meals were gourmet and served over candle light, because there is no electricity at the lodge. This picture is midway down the river canyon between class IV rapids. We bought a CD of pictures taken by our safety kayaker and hope to post a few action shots if we are able to soon. Check out the Pacuare link if you are curious. Tomorrow we were to raft one of Costa Rica´s most difficult stretches of whitewater, but the river is running high. We were the only ones signed up (Jessica thinks Bill is crazy), and the company just called and hoped we would switch rivers, thus we will be running the Pacuare again tomorrow as a day trip. We couldn´t be happier! At the take out we will be driven down to Pueto Viejo on the Caribbean coast. Pura Vida!