Activities in Turrialba
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Río Locos
A popular local company does rafting as well as other area tours.
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Costa Rica Ríos
Offers week-long rafting trips that must be booked in advance. It’s 25m north of Parque Central.
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Explornatura
This longtime outfitter runs recommended canyoning expeditions, among other tours.
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Tico’s River Adventures
A good local outfit offers all manner of rafting trips and runs a kayaking school.
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Río Reventazón
This storied rock-lined river has its beginnings at the Lago de Cachí, an artificial lake created by a dam of the same name. It begins here, at 1000m above sea level, and splashes down the eastern slopes of the cordilleras to the Caribbean lowlands. It is one of the most difficult, adrenaline-pumping runs in the country – and with more than 65km of rapids, you can get as hardcore as you like.
Tour operators divide the river into four sections between the dam and the take-out point in Siquirres. Las Máquinas (Power House) is a Class II–III float that’s perfect for families, while Florida, the final and most popular segment, is a scenic Class III with a little more white…
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Río Pacuare
The Río Pacuare is the next major river valley east of the Reventazón, and has arguably the most scenic rafting in Costa Rica, if not Central America. The river plunges down the Caribbean slope through a series of spectacular canyons clothed in virgin rainforest, through runs named for their fury and separated by calm stretches that enable you to stare at near-vertical green walls towering hundreds of meters above.
The Class III–IV Lower Pacuare is the more accessible run: 28km through rocky gorges and isolated canyons, past an indigenous village, untamed jungle and lots of wildlife curious as to what the screaming is all about.
The Upper Pacuare is also classified as…
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RainForest World
Offering rafting trips since 1981, this company organizes multiday camping and rafting excursions, one of which goes into the Reserva Indígena Cabécar.
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