4 - 1/15/2011 - Rio Savegre (Costa Rica)

Kayaking in the Jungle

After the Headwaters run, we were supposed to spend 2 days on the Lower Pacuare, staying at the jungle camp. Sadly, the heavy rains put an end to that plan, and we ended up going back to the Pacific Coast for one more day of boating. Three of us decided to kayak, while the rest of the group went zip-lining.

The road to the river had some steep sections, and our driver was concerned he might not make it back, but that turned out not to be the case. We headed down the river, which was basically class II+ with a couple of harder rapids. The most interesting thing was the sound - the cicadas were quite loud.

Just before lunch, I was going to surf a small ledge and I flipped. This time, I was able to flip the boat right back over and hop in. After lunch, we continued downstream and stopped off to hike up to a big waterfall.

Jungle Waterfall

The rest if the trip was easy rapids.

That night, we had even more adventure. We headed back to the airport area to stay at a B&B to catch our early flight the next day. We were about 30 minutes from the B&B when a car accident closed the road. The police told us the road would be closed for 3-5 hours. We waited a couple of hours and then decided to go get some dinner. During dinner, the driver found out that an alternate route - a gravel road through the mountains - was available. We slid through curves and made it to the B&B around midnight.