En esta ocasión fuimos a probar el teleférico, cada cabina es para aproximadamente 5 personas y lo mejor es que no tienen vidrios, son al aire libre, sólo tienen techo y una pequeña reja alrededor; vas subiendo por cables de acero dispuestos en niveles hasta alcanzar unos 50 metros de altura, todo el recorrido es en medio de la selva y dura aproximadamente 1 hora 20 minutos; es un recorrido fascinante, te da la oportunidad de tener una perspectiva de la selva como lo ven los pájaros, ya que cuando alcanzas los 50 metros vas por encima de las copas de los árboles, y durante todo el recorrido vas admirando la flora y fauna de la selva que habita en diferentes niveles.
Nuestro recorrido fue muy emocionante porque era temporada de monzones y cuando íbamos casi al punto más alto empezó a llover torrencialmente, nos quedamos varados como por 40 minutos porque una rama cayó precisamente en el tubo que sujetaba nuestra cabina, esperamos a que llegara alguien del parque y subiera con arneses a quitar la rama, así que tuvimos mucho tiempo extra en el recorrido y fue muy divertido, tuvimos oportunidad de bombardear al guía que iba con nosotros con todo tipo de preguntas sobre Costa Rica, mientras bromeábamos y tomábamos fotografías impresionantes. Fue muy buena aventura y si regresara a Costa Rica volvería a subir al teleférico, ¡la vista y el recorrido son espectaculares!
Estas son algunas fotos que tomé en mi recorrido:
The Braulio Carrillo National Park is located in Costa Rica, it's whole area is 47,586 Ha. it was created as ecological reserve on 1978 by the government as an effort to protect it's 6000 species of plants (50 of them endemic) it's more than 500 bird species (a lot of them endemic too), millions of insects and thousands of reptiles. The park is divided in several sections each one with different kind of activities, some extreme and some just to relax such as hiking which if you decide to practice I recommend to go with a guide because it could be a little bit dangerous, there are cougars and jaguars living in the park, you could see other interesting animals such as: dantas (a kind of tapir), Ant eaters, 3 species of monkeys, Sloths, Sainos (a kind of wild boar) Quetzales and lots of more different species.
On this occasion we took the cableway, every cable car is for 5 people and the best part is that they don't have any walls or windows, they only have a top roof and some kind of metallic screen that surround them, so you are able to take great pictures. the ride is about 1 hour and 20 minutes and it goes up through the jungle by a system of steel cables reaching 164 feet height giving you a bird's eye perspective, when you reach the highest point you can see all the trees cup down on the horizon.
Our ride was very excited, when we went it was the monzone and of course while we were on the ride and almost on the highest point it started to rain so hard that we couldn't see anything and suddenly the ride stopped, and where stranded for like 40 minutes in the same spot. what happened was that one tree branch broke and fell right in the arm of our car and we had to wait for a worker to come with harness to remove the branch, so we had a lot of extra time on our ride in a very high place having a lot of fun, taking great pictures, we also spent it bombarding the guide with tons of questions about Costa Rica's animals, food, people, traditions and much more.
It was a great adventure, if one of these days I go back to Costa Rica I would go to that park and do that ride again without thinking, the view and the whole experience are amazing!
Here are some pictures I took on that gorgeous place:
A small hanging bridge you have to cross to get to the park.
This is how the river looked when we arrived, the water level was low.
We saw a gorgeous 3 digit Sloth :D
This is the cable car, as you can see is open on all sides.
And we started to go up in the middle of the jungle.
A small river down there.
Just a little rain (ha ha ha)
This was the highest point, about 164 feet above the trees cup.
As you can see, on our way out of the park we found that the river grew so much.
Definitivamente recomiendo mucho este lugar, los paisajes son increíbles, y si te gusta la aventura ¡este lugar está lleno de ellas!
Comparto un link por si te interesa conocer más sobre el lugar o en caso de que quieras ir; está tanto en Inglés como en Español:
I highly recommend to visit this park, all scenery is amazing, and you will have tons of adventures. Here's a link in both English and Spanish in case you want to know more or visit the place:
http://www.govisitcostarica.co.cr/region/city.asp?cID=361
http://www.govisitcostarica.co.cr/region/city.asp?cID=361