EXPERIENCED
COSTA RICA PARAGLIDING GUIDE
Your head guide is Nick Crane,
USHPA Advanced Paragliding Instructor and Tandem Instructor
and seasoned Central American traveller. Nick has travelled
and paraglided all through Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, and even speaks decent Spanish! He is
knowledgeable about the ecology and natural history of the
country and has charted over 300 species of Costa Rican
birds. This season will be Nick's 6th season flying in
Costa Rica, and 4th season leading tours.
COSTA
RICA PARAGLIDING, WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT!
I love Costa
Rica! It has astounding beauty, diverse flora and fauna,
great people and great paragliding. I started to lead
paragliding tours to Costa Rica because most tours go to
sites that can be intimidating or overwhelming to all but
very experienced pilots. Many other areas also have a
limited season. Valle de Bravo, Mexico is well known for
it's awesome cross country flying, but it's finished for
most paragliding by mid January. A P-2 could fly in Valle
de Bravo, but realistically only in early December, and
then only early in the day. Costa Rica on the other hand,
has great paragliding year round. Pilots who want to focus
on cross country should come in March. While the cross
country can't compare to the best in Valle, March in Costa
Rica it is very, very good. Otherwise any time of year has
very good and consistent flying. Any level of pilot will
find flying Costa Rica a rewarding, fun experience. You
will increase your air time, develop and/or hone your
skills. Most of our tours visit 4-6 sites during the week,
so you'll fly a variety of launches and land in a variety
of LZ's.
UNIQUE
ACCESS to GREAT SITES
We
have pioneered some of the best sites in the country, and
we're always on the look out for others. Costa Rica is a
unique paragliding destination in that almost all of the
sites are privately owned. You will have access with us to
the best flying. We have developed relationships with the
owners to allow access, by taking great care with safety,
respecting livestock, keeping the sites clean, developing a
level of trust, etc. One example, Caldera, one of the best
ridge soaring sites in the country, is open to the public
during the weekend, but we have unique access during the
week days too. One of the most popular activities for
visitors to Costa Rica is a zip line or canopy tour. It
occurred to me when I first flew over the tropical forest,
plus after seeing countless birds, monkeys and even a
sloth, that for experiencing the unique beauty of Costa
Rica, nothing can't beat paragliding! Come join us for the
Ultimate Canopy Tour!
Nick Crane
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