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Your Costa Rican Adventure Honeymoon
Jet to the wilderness for a honeymoon adventure you’ll never forget
Not the type to sit idly on a beach? Think lounge chairs are for people who don’t have enough energy to go out and do something? Then you’ve come to the right place. We have the honeymoon—and the adrenaline rush—for you. Honeymoon in Costa Rica and you can start your lives together with a vacation you will never forget: After all, if you can’t find a way to cheat death and laugh about it, you just aren't trying hard enough here. With two oceans sandwiching dramatic mountains, white-water rapids and jungles, this eco-wilderness allows couples looking for real adventure to spin memories worthy of tall-but-true tales for future grandchildren.
Swim with Really Big Fish
Put your "till death do us part" to the test: Swim with the sharks on Cocos Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world and Costa Rica's most pristine national park, one day's sail out of Puntarenas. Filmed for the opening scenes of Jurassic Park, Coco’s inhabitants are truly prehistoric, including underwater man-eating tiger sharks, Galapagos sharks and hundreds of schooling hammerheads. Tip: If you’re booking this trip, go back and add an underwater camera to your registry—these are pictures you’ll want everyone to see. (10-day trips from $4,750; underseahunter.com)
Climb Every Mountain
Marching down the aisle has nothing on walking through the clouds on a trek to Chirripo Mountain, Costa Rica’s highest peak. Your first day’s climb finishes on Monte Sin Fe, otherwise known as Faithless Mountain. Press on to the pinnacle to see toucans and monkeys in the cloud forest, named for the way the low cloud cover at treetop level combines with lush tropical forest in a truly magical way. (Four-day trips from $510; chirripo.com)
Brave White Water
Have and hold—on to your paddle—as you run the class IV rapids of the Rio Pacuare, one of the world’s greatest river trips. From its source in the Talamanca Mountains down to the Caribbean, the Pacuare runs past big cats such as jaguars and black panthers, not to mention plenty of dreamy Blue Morpho butterflies. In the “green” season (it’s rainy from May to November) the rapids have more bubbles than a glass of champagne at your reception. (One-day tour from $355; riostropicales.com)
Ride On
A fire-spitting behemoth doesn’t only describe your drunken uncle delivering a toast, but also Costa Rica’s premier natural attraction: its many volcanoes. At Arenal, you can rent mountain bikes for a ride in the National Park and circle the volcano’s steamy lake. At the end of the day, say “I do” to a seductively steamy dip in the geothermal hot springs together, your reward for a hard, but exhilarating spin. (One-day tours from $96; bikearenal.com)
