Spelunking in Guanacaste
Tourism Chamber of Guanacaste features Spelunking Tour at the sunny side of Costa Rica.
Starting in France at the turn of the century, Spelunking has extended rapidly throughout Europe. It consists in the sport or pastime of exploring and studying caverns. In its sports facet, spelunking offers the emotions of other adventure sports. In the course of a weekend or in a single day, the explorer can be transferred to a world as remote as can be found it the marine depths or the surface of another planet.
From the comfortable horizontal caves to the deep abysses, passing for complex labyrinthine systems, there are all kinds of caves that require different levels of preparation and experience. The practice of this sport requires certain physical preparation but it is still more important to be mentally fit. The isolation in an environment where temporary and spatial references are lost and the certainty to be from time to time very far from the exit can mentally affect the enthusiasts. In a complex exploration, the self-sufficiency and the team spirit are fundamental. Beginners and experts equally will enjoy the Barra Honda National Park. With the assistance of experienced guides and special equipment anybody can enter the marvelous subterranean world: caves of full limestone of stalactites and stalagmites of eccentrics shape.