HOT AIR BALLOONING

Imagine hot air ballooning.

Now, imagine seeing a volcano. . . from that balloon on your Costa Rica vacation.

It’s not your imagination.

It’s Costa Rica!

Beautiful beaches.

Fabulous fishing.

World-class surfing. And volcanoes, of course.

These all come to mind naturally when you think about Costa Rica.

But some of the best hot air ballooning in the world?

Don’t take my word for it.

Forbes Magazine rates Costa Rica as one of the top 10 ballooning vacation destinations in the world.

And it’s no wonder.

On your Costa Rica vacation balloon ride, you’ll glide virtually silently over the jungles and rivers, sometimes so close that the monkeys will seem to be calling to you.

You may know that Arenal Volcano is one of Costa Rica’s Seven Wonders.

But did you know it's one of only two places in the country where you can do this?

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Floating Towards Arenal

You’ll find an incredible array of things to see and do when you travel Costa Rica here.

It’s really pretty amazing.

Imagine floating in the warm tropical sky, majestic Arenal in front of you.

From beautiful resorts with volcanic hot-springs to a real Swiss hotel---and a real Swiss train to get you there, you can spend an entire vacation here and do something different every day.

Like

Horseback riding

Windsurfing (some folks say Lake Arenal is the second best windsurfing spot in the world)

Whitewater rafting

Zip lining

Canopy tours

Sipping a Margarita in a beautiful hot springs watching an eruption

Fishing, kayaking, canoeing and more (starting to get the picture?)

And, hot air ballooning.

Wouldn't it be something to see an eruption from your balloon?

And travel Costa Rica silently over tree-tops?

Arenal's the place.

Hot Air Ballooning At Turrialba

Turrialba is one of the only volcanoes that you can walk into.

Great rivers flow from it, providing some of the best whitewater rafting and kayaking in the world (no exaggeration, the best teams in the world sometimes train and compete here).

Wildlife is abundant, lots of birds, monkeys, sloths and more.

You won’t be too far from the Caribbean but you’ll be in a different world at Turrialba Volcano, click.

And, you can go hot air ballooning here.

As you float suspended over the treetops you might see Costa Rica’s Lost City, Guyabo, below---and wonder about its inhabitants.

Or you can look at a magnificent river you’ll soon be rafting.

Or gaze at the Caribbean with its spectacular unspoiled beaches.

All silently.

And wondrously.

I promise you'll never forget this ballooning vacation! And, when you are safely on the ground again, walk on the wild side----hike down into Turrialba's crater.

Don't worry. It's perfectly safe---it hasn't erupted since 1866.

Oops! Only once since 1866.

December 2007.

Come on, take a chance.

What have you got to lose?

Take a balloon on your Costa Rica vacation.

Pura Vida!



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