Costa Rica invented canopy zip-lining, and Monteverde remains its cathedral: cables up to a kilometre long crossing valleys of dripping green, toucans below, harness checked by professionals who do this four hundred times a day. Gravity does all the work. Pair it with the hanging bridges for a slower look at the canopy, and a night walk to meet everything that clicks and glows.
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