Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

Photography By Jim M. Goldstein

Above the Jungle Canopy – Selvatura Park Zip Line, Costa Rica

Above the Jungle Canopy - Selvatura Park Zipline, Costa Rica

Above the Jungle Canopy - Selvatura Park Zipline, Costa Rica

If you’re ever in Costa Rica I highly recommend visiting the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. The highland jungle is often shrouded in clouds and the habitat, landscape and wildlife are incredible. One of the big attractions in this area is the Selvatura Park Zip Line. Their zip line canopy tour provides a means to see the jungle like no other. The 16 or so zip lines travel through and over the jungle canopy. It’s an amazing experience as you wear a harness, helmet, rain jacket and zip through the dense vegetation with mist wetting your face in the warm air. It’s also an amazing sensation to be dwarfed by giant trees and hear the echos of wild birds and monkeys in the process. The finale to the overall experience was traveling across a zip line that is 1 KM in length hundreds of feet above the forest that is already hundreds of feet in height itself.  “Amazing” is the only way to describe the location and experience.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Stay Connected with Jim
Join Me On Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook
Listen to EXIF & Beyond My Latest on YouTube

Related Posts

  • picturezz
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGG i wish i could do it=)
  • @Suzy & @Will Thanks. It was definitely fun to get this photo, but it wasn't as easy as pulling out a camera to take a quick photo. The photo was mounted on my chest and adjusting it mid-zip wasn't possible. Lucky for me I had several zip lines to travel across to get a few variations of this. All in all... it was of course still fun.
    -
    @Sherri Yup! Maui was the last location I did this. This time around I learned from my past experience making sure to get a vertically framed photos as well. Zip lines are of course fun but be sure to explore ways to properly secure your camera and protect your lens. It'd be really easy to lose or damage a camera and/or lens.
  • This is a unique and great shot Jim. If I remember correctly, you did this in Hawaii as well. Someday, I'm going to try it. It looks like tons of fun!
  • Great photo Jim. Looks FUN!
  • wow, amazing is right. I'm not sure I'd have been able to let go long enough to take my camera out and get a photo ;)
blog comments powered by Disqus

Featured Photos


Subscribe Via Email
Follow Me On Twitter Subscribe with iTunes
Subscribe to the EXIF and Beyond Podcast

Newsletter

Sign-up to the JMG-Galleries mailing list to receive periodic updates on workshops, programs, tips, articles of interest and more!

Recent Comments:

What I'm Reading

Image of Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook: A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve