Best Ziplines in Costa Rica: Comparing 6 in Arenal and Monteverde

Hi Leesa Cimino!

Quick question: When you mention “double cables” do you mean tandem ziplines where riders can go zip-lining side-by-side? Or do you mean dual lines for safety purposes (i.e., backup cables)? Since you said you’d also like to visit the hanging bridges, I’d recommend going with Sky Adventures‘s “Sky Trek Canopy Tour” run out of La Fortuna/Arenal. You can couple your zip-lining experience with exploration of their on-site “Sky Walk Hanging Bridges.” Here are some links to more information about both experiences, as well as a link to our discount for the combined zip-lining/hanging bridges activity:

Arenal Sky Trek Canopy Ziplining Tour: Everything You Need To Know
Arenal Sky Walk Hanging Bridges: Everything You Need To Know
DISCOUNT: Sky Trek Canopy Tour (Ziplining), Sky Walk Hanging Bridges Tour, And Sky Tram Aerial Tram Ride – Adult (From La Fortuna / Operated by Sky Adventures)

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Lina!

*Blush* Thank you so much! Let us know if you have any questions once you begin to plan your Costa Rica honeymoon and congrats on your upcoming marriage!

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Hi Christopher!

To confirm, the “Sky Trek Canopy Tour” is the name of the canopy tour (i.e., zip-lining experience) run by Sky Adventures, a canopy tour operator that’s based in both the La Fortuna/Arenal and Monteverde regions. Desafio is a tour operator and travel agency; they do not operate a canopy tour of their own, but they do sell (i.e., accept bookings for) canopy tours run by other companies. This means that if you choose to book a zip-lining experience through Sky Adventures, you’ll participate in their “Sky Trek Canopy Tour,” but if you choose to book a zip-lining experience through Desafio, you’ll participate in whichever canopy tour you book through them. Desafio sells a few different canopy tours in the La Fortuna/Arenal and Monteverde areas, one of them being Sky Adventures‘s “Sky Trek Canopy Tour,” so be sure to book the exact canopy tour that you’re interested in. If it’s the “Sky Trek Canopy Tour” that you decide on, here are links to our discounts for this tour run in either the La Fortuna/Arenal or Monteverde area of Costa Rica:

DISCOUNT: Sky Trek Canopy Tour (Ziplining) – Adult (From La Fortuna / Operated by Sky Adventures)
DISCOUNT: Sky Trek Canopy Tour (Ziplining) – Adult (From Monteverde / Operated by Sky Adventures)

Pura vida! 🙂

Hi Shannon!

That’s great news. Did you go zip-lining at the Vista Los Suenos Adventure Park? Hope you had a blast!

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Hello Cyn!

If you’re already planning to visit both destinations during your trip (great choice, by the way!), we suggest letting your other interests decide whether you should go zip-lining in La Fortuna/Arenal or Monteverde. La Fortuna offers more adventure tours than Monteverde, so if you plan to participate in several of those, you may find that there’s more time in your schedule to go zip-lining while in Monteverde. Alternatively, if there’s more that piques your interest in Monteverde, you can easily book a zip-lining tour for your time in La Fortuna/Arenal. As far as the experience itself goes, you’ll see the rainforest and the volcano if you zipline while in La Fortuna/Arenal, and you’ll see the cloud forest (and may even zipline through clouds) while in Monteverde. The weather may also factor into your plans. At what time of year do you intend to visit?

Pura vida! 🙂

Hi Lisa!

Great question! This depends largely on the time of year you plan to visit Costa Rica and in which destination (i.e., city/town in Costa Rica) you plan to go zip-lining. When do you intend to come to Costa Rica and whereabouts do you intend to go? Canopy tour spaces for popular tours tend to fill up during busy periods, but last-minute reservations are sometimes accepted for lesser-known tours, tours operated from non-popular destinations in Costa Rica, and/or tours run during the off-season. Regardless, we recommend booking your desired Costa Rica day tours as early as you decide on them in order to secure availability. Most companies allow reservation changes and cancelations without penalty up to a day or two before the tour date if need be, and booking early means you’ll gain access to awesome discounts, like the hundreds of free tour discounts we provide in our Discount Database. (Most of the discounts in the database must be requested at least 10 days before the tour date, or longer during busy periods.) Here’s a link to the database so you can check out the early-booking discounts:

Pura Vida! eh? Inc.’s Costa Rica Tour Discount Database

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Hey Vonnie!

Perfect. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

Pura vida!

Hello Ron!

Thanks so much for your question! Our answer depends largely on the time of year you plan to visit Costa Rica. When do you plan to travel? Canopy tour spaces for popular tours tend to fill up during busy periods, but last-minute reservations are sometimes accepted for tours run during the off-season. Regardless, we recommend booking your desired Costa Rica day tours as early as you decide on them in order to secure availability. Most companies allow reservation changes and cancelations without penalty up to a day or two before the tour date if need be, and booking early means you’ll gain access to awesome discounts, like the hundreds of free tour discounts we provide in our Discount Database. (Most of the discounts in the database must be requested no later than 10 days before the tour date, or longer during busy periods.) Here’s a link to the database so you can check out the early-booking discounts:

Pura Vida! eh? Inc.’s Costa Rica Tour Discount Database

Pura vida! 🙂

Hey Alex Kaur!

Thanks so much for asking! We’re familiar with Aventuras del Sarapiqui (the company featured in the video link you provided); they’re primarily a rafting tour operator that’s based in Chilamate, a subset of the greater Sarapiqui area. They also run a small zipline operation, and while it doesn’t compare to the zip-lining tours described above with respect to thrills and views, it’s not a bad option if you’re looking for a tamer zip-lining experience. Since the Sarapiqui area is largely flat, you won’t get the feeling of zip-lining high above the treetops like you would while zip-lining around the Arenal Volcano or Monteverde’s cloud forest, but if you’d prefer to ride cables that aren’t as high up off the forest floor, Sarapiqui would be an appropriate destination for that experience.

Pura vida! 🙂