What's up with SUPP?

Matias from Nazareth

"Paddling a large surfboard on flat-water, what is the point?” That is what I first thought when I first came across the sport of Stand Up Paddle Boarding, also known as SUPP. I could not be more wrong. SUPP is a great sport which requires a powerful execution of paddle techniques to move forward and yet a light touch or you will simply compromise your balance and end up in the water. It’s strange because you are standing up on water, no sitting or lying over a board. “mmmh, so this is what Jesus felt like, when he walked on water” I thought to myself, when I first stood on a SUPP board.  However paddling a board in a location of breathtaking beauty, such as Lake Arenal will prove an awesome experience. The location combines warm water, coves with still conditions, or the more challenging open portion of the lake. Another amazing setting can be the open ocean water near Dominical, on the southern coast of Costa Rica, especially at sunset.
Once a certain degree of comfort is reached, one can move one the more dynamic ocean water environment. Watch the YouTube video on the left to see what some of the advanced paddlers are doing. However it is certainly necessary to get started in a flaw water environment, preferably with no wind or current.

So when are you trying SUPP? Or if you already have, Costa Rica is another great location to experience it!

White Water Rafting

The combination of rugged terrain, numerous drainage networks and a great volume of runoff provide Costa Rica with more white water paddling opportunities than any other country of similar dimensions. Without doubt, some of the most majestic jewels of the rich coast are its white water rivers. Costa Rica’s rivers are the quintessential tropical jungle rivers, teeming with spectacular natural scenery and wild life. Most rivers flow through lush tropical canyons creating harmonious combinations of rock, exotic tropical flora and water, not to mention fauna.  While others wind through lush lowland forests that abound with overhanging trees filled with bizarre fruits, bromeliads, birds and easily spotted monkeys.

Turquoise pools that invite you for a swim, narrow gorges that give scale to nature’s power through eons of time, breathtaking waterfalls that will compel you by fascination and simply thrilling white water navigation which will make your day(s). This is what you will find in the white water rivers of Costa Rica.
There is no single other way to combine an exhilarating adventure, observation of unique natural habitats and passages through remote areas that would otherwise be likely inaccessible.  All with relatively easy access, warm water, professional guidance and the highest safety standards. If we have the time, we run the Pacuare river with some tico friends or guests on a multi-days tour with overnight stay at one of the awesome river side jungle lodges. Good times!