Today's adventure took us on a rafting trip down the Sevegre River. It's considered the most pristine river in Costa Rica, because there are no factories, power plants or manufacturing sites to pollute the water and only about 1,000 people live on the banks. We met our tour at Dominical Surf Adventures in Dominical at 8:00...kind of early for people on vacation.
As with any of our outings in Costa Rica, just getting to the destination was an adventure. Part of the road up to where we put in looked and felt like it was a river bed. They stopped the van several times to pick up things to tell us about...teak leaves that turn your fingers red when you rub them, cinnamon bark, seeds from the palm that they make palm oil from and a leaf that smells like anise. We also stopped at a local soda in Silencio where we placed our order for lunch and then continued up the mountain. After our rafting trip we came back and had a nice lunch overlooking one of the palm plantations.
When we arrived at the river the guides gave us a safety lesson and told us what we needed to know for our trip down the river. Then we were off...the day was beautiful, the river looked amazing and we had an incredible time. Half way through our trip we stopped for a snack and had a chance to hike a short distance to a waterfall, where we swam as Rob prepared a beautiful snack for us.
Look at the color of the water...it was truly amazing.
We paddled up river here so we could surf backwards...it was very exciting.Enjoying the waterfall
Stan even got a free massage...can you tell the water was a little cold?
Our amazing snack...laid out on one of the rafts. Rob prepared everything on sight while we played in the falls.
Our other guide, Ronny, picked leaves for us to use as plates.
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