Hanging Bridges and Trams

Sky Adventures. Here's a tram/zipline/hanging-bridges entertainment complex all in one. A tram takes you on a 1½-km-long (1-mile-long) gondola ride through the rain-forest canopy. You can descend via the tram, or along a series of six hanging bridges, at heights of up to 138 feet, connected from tree to tree. Your third descent option is 3 km (2 miles) of ziplines through the cloud-forest canopy. Imposing towers, used as support, mar the landscape somewhat. The site's Arboreal Tree Climbing Park takes you on an eight-tree climbing circuit (33 to 60 feet) courtesy of hand-hold straps that do no damage. Sky Adventures also operates the herpetarium in town across from Plaza Monteverde. 4 km (2½ miles) northeast of town on road toward Santa Elena Reserve, Santa Elena, Puntarenas, 60109. 2645–6384; 844/468–6759; www.skyadventures.travel. From $23. Daily 7–5.