La Carana Riding Academy and Costa Rica San Jose Car Rentals

There are numerous opportunities to go horseback riding when in Costa Rica with your Costa Rica San Jose car rentals. Several horseback riding trails are offered ranging from morning trail rides in the mountains above San Jose to all-day expeditions through the rain forest. Located in Santa Ana, La Carana Riding Academy offers riding classes as well as guided trail rides. You will instantly forget all your stresses when you enter the forest and smell the scents of the jungle and feel the breeze of the sea. You will be full of wonder with your Costa Rica San Jose car rentals on top of the hill and see the falls in Fortuna or the River Sarapiqui. Ride the plains and see the cattle out in the green fields.

Horseback riding in Costa Rica

Although you might not associate it with a tropical country, Costa Rica has a large cowboy culture. The tradition is primarily based in the province of Guanacaste, one of the first parts of the country to be settled by the Spanish, where vast cattle ranches cover rolling hills and forest-draped volcanoes tower above it all. Nevertheless, mountain resorts and nature lodges located all over the country offer horseback excursions, which can head through pastures, tropical forests, or down beaches, and often stopping at waterfalls and swimming holes. Horseback tours are also excellent opportunities for bird watching and getting close to timid wildlife, and the people who lead them often have eagle eyes peeled for interesting critters.

Adventures on horseback

A horseback riding tour is a wonderful way to experience all of the biodiversity that Costa Rica has to offer its visitors. Until recently, horseback riding was the most common form of transport in the region, and considering the state of the roads, some would argue that it is still the easiest way to get around. La Carana Riding Academy offers trails that take you away from the tour buses and crowds so that you can get a chance to enjoy the peace and beauty of the forests and surrounding areas.

Doing it all¡¦

For the adventurous and overachievers after your horseback ride with your Costa Rica San Jose Car Rentals there are several activities in the area that you could take part in including La Paz Waterfall, a natural wonder on the slopes of the Poas Volcano (admission about US $16) in Montana Azul de Heredia. Not a single waterfall but a series of five powerful falls and cataracts that crash dramatically down a steep, heavily wooded gorge. You can climb many steps and walk several paths along the river.

You should also check out the most popular rivers to raft during a day-trip with your Costa Rica San Jose car rentals. From San Jose are the Reventazon and the Pacuare get ready for an amazing experience. The former used to include Class IV & V rapids until a dam in Turrialba softened the river¡¯s currents. Today it features Class II, III and a few IV rapids.

Going on another ride¡¦

The Aerial Tram is a very popular day tour from San Jose. Located in a rainforest on the eastern edge of the Braulio Carrillo National Park the converted ski lift tram was developed and built in 1994 by Don Perry, a famous North American biologist who pioneered forest canopy research. It features a slow-moving, 90-minute trip in a cable car at various altitudes above the forest floor.

Before you go¡¦

For more information on La Carana Riding Academy when you visit with your Costa Rica San Jose Car Rentals visit their official website at http://www.lacarana.com/ or call (506) 282 ? 6106.