Canopy Tour in Monteverde Cloud Forest

We have spent the past few days in Santa Elena, a little town in the central highlands of Costa Rica, known for its 2 large natural park/nature reserves and the Monteverde Cloud Forest. It´s a very pretty place, but it rains a lot. I was here five years ago, and the main changes I have noticed are that now, the main road in town is paved, and the food is a little more expensive. But it´s basically the same small, sleepy town that people come to as a jumping off point for exploring the cloud forest and nature preserves, and of course, ziplining.
 
Yesterday, we got up at 7am to do a canopy tour. A canopy tour, for those of you who have never done one, is similar to a guided hike in the forest, except there are ziplines every few hundred meters, and they are awesome. They ranged in length from about 50 meters to the ultimate, 1km of cable. There were 14 cables in all, plus a tarzan swing and a little rappelling station where the guides make you think you are falling but catch you before the end. On the longest cable, the 1km, we had the option of going “superman“, which is where, instead of the normal sitting down position, they reverse your harness and you get to go face first, superman style. If you ever find yourself in Santa Elena and you want to go ziplining, I highly recommend Monteverde Extremo, and don´t forget to Superman that yo. I will let the pictures speak for themselves: