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Monteverde Sky Tram, Monteverde Sky Trek Canopy Tour and Monteverde Skywalk Hanging Bridges
Fly through the Cloud Forest on a Monteverde Canopy Tour
Sky Trek (Monteverde) Zipline Canopy Tours, re-designed their canopy tour over the last couple of years to include Sky Tram (a cable car ride). The ten minute cable car ride not only offers beautiful views and photo opportunities of the cloud forest, but on clear days you can see Arenal Volcano. The Skytram will take you up the mountain to the base of a tower that marks the first zipline run. Sky Trek has made a good tour into a great tour by installing the Sky Tram and nearly doubling the length of the zip lines.Plainly put: Skytrek Adventures offers great Costa Rica zipling tours!
Combination tours are available withSkywalk (Suspended Bridges/Hanging Bridges) and with Skytek (Ziplines) and Skytram (Cable Car). Note also that the ziplines and tram are complementary: you cannot do just the (ziplines.
With the construction of the cable car system, the need to walk between zipline platforms has been reduced. Currently, most ziplines run from platform to platform and a few ziplines will deposit you at the base of a tower, leading to a short climb and the next platform.
There are currently nine zipline cables and the ziplines range in height from 40 meters to 130 meters and in length from 200 meters to 750 meters. The first four ziplines were constructed to accommodate the new Sky Tram, which allows the tour to begin at the top of the mountain, above the tree line. Once at the top, the exhilarating adventure of ziplining down the mountainside begins, ultimately returning you to the starting point at the main building.
Before leaving the main building to start your tour, you will be fitted with all of the necessary safety equipment (harness, helmet, gloves); which the guides will take care to properly adjust. Afterwards the guides will deliver a safety speech detailing proper form and the braking system.
Due to the extreme length of some of the ziplines and the prevailing wind speed, the guides may have you ride tandem. This style utilizes the added weight of a second person to ensure that you reach the next platform.
In the event of lightening or winds exceeding 120 km/h (75mph) Sky Trek will cancel its tours for safety reasons; with lesser wind or rain only serving to add to the excitement, and speed, of the zipline tour.
Sky Trek also provides complimentary lockers to store your backpacks while taking part in the canopy tour.
Tour Times:
Note the Skytek and Skytram are complementary: you cannot do just the Skytrek (ziplines)
7.30am, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm & 2.00pm
If you want to do the combo with all 3 tours including the tram, ziplines and the guided suspended bridges you must start by 11.30am.
Transport is not included but available at extra charge. Pick-up times are around 30 minutes earlier than the start times of the tours.
Snake tour with or without guide. Note: not in the same area as the Skytek, it is located in Santa Elena.
$8
$6
$5
$5
Child rates for Skywalk and Snake tour apply for 6-12 years
Child rate for Skytrek and Skytram apply from 8-12 years
Children under 8 years cannot do Sky Trek
Skytram and Sky Trek Canopy Tour
Note the Skytek and Skytram are complementary: you cannot do just the Skytrek (ziplines)
Tour Times:
Guided Skywalk: 8.00am, 10.30am and 1.30pm Skytram and Skytrek: 7.30am, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 2.00pm Sky Tram and Sky Walk: 7.30am, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 2.00pm Sky Tram, Sky Trek and Sky Walk: 7.30am, 9.30am and 11.30am
Length of Tour:
Guided Skywalk: 2 hours Sky Tram and Trek: 2.30 hours Sky Tram and Sky Walk: 2.30 hours
Transport is not included but available at extra charge.
Pick-up times are around 30 minutes earlier than the start times of the tours.
$3 each way from hotels in Santa Elena
and $5 each way for hotels in Monteverde
Skywalk Hanging Bridges/Suspended Bridges
For wildlife viewing the Skywalk (hanging bridges or suspended bridges), offers the best opportunities as often the ziplines are too fast and high for suitable wildlife viewing. You can do the Skywalk without the tram or ziplines and it is you choice if you want the guide (same price) but if you do want the guide there are only two times a day available at 8.00am and 1.30pm (and sometimes at 10.30am). The guided tour is about 2 hours and you do 5 bridges. If you want to do a combination tour with the Skytram and Skytek the guided tour of the Sky Walk also takes you on 5 bridges. However, if you do just the Cable Car (Skytram) and the bridges you only do 3 bridges.
There is also a hummingbird garden near the end of the suspension bridges trail, which attracts not only indigenous hummingbirds but other species as well
For an exciting and adrenaline filled Canopy tour, above and through the Monteverde cloud forest, try Sky Trek.... simply great Costa Rica Zipling here in Monteverde Costa Rica!
VIDEO OF SKY TREK CANOPY TOUR
The Serpentarium: Snakes, Amphibians and Reptiles
The Serpentarium is run by the same owners of Skytrek and Skywalk and is located 300m from Santa Elena center (about 10 minute drive from Skytrek and Skywalk activities). Within its modern and spacious exhibition space, a natural environment has been created so that you can have a safe and wonderful opportunity to learn about the fauna of Costa Rica. Here you can view over 40 species of both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, reptiles, frogs, lizards, iguanas, other amphibians, and some turtles.
Guided one hour tours are available.
The Serpentarium is open 8.30am-8.00pm everyday.
Entrance $8 adults, $6 students
Costa Rica Zipling tours. Monteverde Canopy Tours are the best!
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