Waterfall Hiking and Ziplining

“It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.” ~ Charles Lindbergh

I hope that words will provide justice to this wonderful “Break in Routine”. Being immersed in our daily routine, we forget how being amidst Mother Nature could bring inexplicable contentment and excitement. To sprinkle some adventure in our lives, my hubby and I did Waterfall Hiking and Ziplining in the Rainforest. This was a real adventure with such an adrenaline rush.

After researching on the internet, we booked our adventure tour with Ecoquest Tours. They picked us up at 0800AM from our hotel. 6 more couples were to join us however eventually, it was just us and another couple from Texas. A personal tour of the rainforest just for us !!!

Our tour guides Hector and Sayid drove us to San Salvador Rainforest in the beautiful Caguas Mountains located 40 minutes south of San Juan. After a drive through the narrow and winding road that burrowed the countryside, we arrived at our starting point. We put on our helmets and harness and our journey began...

Our trail began with short but STEEP hike from where the van was parked.

Steep hill climb from the van

After some huffing and puffing, we arrived at a small waterfall from where our incredible waterfall hike began.

Waterfall Hiking

The path was through the river and waterfalls. We were hiking uphill alongside of the waterfall, and at times we traversed right up through the waterfall. Water levels changed throughout our route; sometimes only knee-deep other times ankle-deep and in some places chest-deep. This divine river was loaded with small and big waterfalls and we would soak ourselves in the waterfalls to augment our amazing experience.

We arrived at some steep waterfalls and the only way to go was straight up through it so we used ropes to do some thrilling steep rock climbing

I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We walked up and......up through the rocks,waterfalls and river... 

When we finally reached the top, we were greeted by the sound and sight of a majestic 80 feet waterfall. The water was gushing down with full force with the bountiful rainwater. This was a pristine beauty of nature.

Our tour guides told us that they had never seen it so full and when they usually rappel down the waterfall, the water is less than a quarter of what we saw and experienced. They cancelled the rappelling part for our safety, however we just stood and admired the beauty of the surroundings and the falls. We stood enthralled under the gushing water of the magnificent water fall.

After some yummy fresh mangoes and bananas, we set off towards our next big thrill, the ZIPLINING adventure.

Ziplining 
We ziplined a total of 3 lines from different locations in the rainforest.It was extremely thrilling to zip by the rainforest from one tree to the other. It was splendid fun and we let gravity do most of the work to push us along the cable. When the guide would signal, we had to apply pressure to the cable to slow down at the end. The distance of each line was about 300-400 feet long and it was pretty high from the ground too!!

We saw stunning views of the rainforest as we ziplined

I could do this the whole day .... We could hear the coqui frogs and the birds chirping and the river flowing. It was simply beautiful everywhere.

That's me Zip lining...

Once we finished the ziplining, we walked down the mountain and again through crisp clear cool water streams. We then went back to our van, changed into dry clothes and went to eat at one of the resident family’s home.

Lunch Time

It was a fantastic traditional lunch (vegetarian for us) with an amazing view of the rainforest. No restaurant could beat the rainforest view, ambience, lunch and the best flan dessert that we had. Nothing could beat this experience.

I totally recommend Puerto Rico's Ecoquest Adventure Tour (www.ecoquestpr.com ). Some pointers - Book in advance since they get booked up pretty fast. Get a load full of excitement. Enjoy the day!! 

Ahh!! What a day and what an amazing way to celebrate our anniversary month. Love you A :)... u are simply the best!!!

This is where we ate... Great food with great view!!