Embark on a thrilling half-day canyoning adventure in Balsar Abajo. Experience waterfall rappelling, rainforest hiking, and get ready to get wet! Book now!
Embark on a thrilling half-day canyoning adventure in Balsar Abajo. Experience waterfall rappelling, rainforest hiking, and get ready to get wet! Book now!
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Balsar Abajo - This tour offers an exploration of the waterways and waterfalls in the Osa region, allowing participants to immerse themselves in the pristine beauty of this untouched area.
Participants will be met at the designated meeting point (in front of the Balsar church) before being transported up the mountain. The journey to the drop-off…
- Balsar Abajo - This tour offers an exploration of the waterways and waterfalls in the Osa region, allowing participants to immerse themselves in the pristine beauty of this untouched area.
Participants will be met at the designated meeting point (in front of the Balsar church) before being transported up the mountain. The journey to the drop-off location is 4 kilometers, followed by a 15-20 minute walk to reach the first descent.
The initial rappel is adjacent to a waterfall and is the tallest at 45 meters. However, there’s no need for concern, as being beside the waterfall means there’s no need to contend with the water on the first attempt. Subsequent rappels will take place in the water.
Throughout the adventure, there are 8 rappels and approximately 3 kilometers of walking, interspersed between the waterfalls. The waterfalls vary in height from 7 meters to 35 meters. At the conclusion of the tour, food will be provided, and participants will be driven back to their vehicles.

- Use of harnesses and safety equipment
- Snacks
- Use of harnesses and safety equipment
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private transportation
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private transportation
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Our journey commences a couple of kilometers up the hillside, involving a brief 20-minute trek through the lush rainforest to our initial point.
Our first descent begins at the fringe of a waterfall, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the process without the added difficulty of water – at least until the…
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Our journey commences a couple of kilometers up the hillside, involving a brief 20-minute trek through the lush rainforest to our initial point.
Our first descent begins at the fringe of a waterfall, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the process without the added difficulty of water – at least until the arrival of the second waterfall. In all, we’ll navigate 8 rappelling descents down cascading waterfalls, a few lower scale cascades that are cautiously climbed down, and a bit of terrain hiking through the river pathway.
This itinerary assures that you’re bound to get soaked!
During the course of the excursion, we’ll halt for a while to relish a pre-provided snack on the way and soak up the raw natural environment.
- Entrance: From the entrance point, it’s about a 20 minute walk through the rainforest to the platform for our first rappel. This is under shade and oftentimes we’ll spot some wildlife along the way.
- Descent 1 Depending on the group size it takes about 25 minutes to get everyone down the first rappel. It’s about 45 meters high and is our highest one.
- Descent 2 To get to the second rappel, it takes about 10 minutes walking through the waterway to make it to the first waterfall descent. We’ve allowed about 20 minutes for the rappelling in this first waterfall of about 12 meters.
- Descent 3 Between the 2nd and 3rd descent we’ve got our longest hiking section of about 35 minutes through the waterways. Once we get to the next waterfall, the next 3 descents are only steps away from one another. For the 3rd descent we take about 15 minutes to get everyone down. This waterfall is about 8 meters high.
- Descent 4 Now at the 3rd waterfall, we take about another 15 minutes for the rappelling of the whole group. This waterfall is about 7 meters in height.
- Descent 5 This next waterfall is about 10 meters tall and takes about 25 minutes to get everyone over the edge and down into the natural pool below. While we’re here we also have a snack while waiting for everyone to finish up so we add about 10 minutes on for that.
- Descent 6 Before the next waterfall we’re back on for a hike – only for about 20 minutes to get to our next spot. We’ll be about 20 minutes rappelling down descent #6 of about 9 meters.
- Descent 7 Another short hike of 25 minutes to get to our 7th rappel, where we need about 15 minutes to get a group down the 7 meter descent.
- Descent 8 Between the 7th and 8th rappel there’s no distance at all, so we get right into it, and given that it’s our second-highest rappel at 35 meters, it takes us 25 minutes to get the crew all the way down.
- After all the descents, we have a 20 minute hike out of the waterways and to the vehicles.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.