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Costa Rica Paragliding Tour 2026Discover Paragliding2026-04-21T01:49:05-07:00

Costa Rica Paragliding Tour 2026
Pura-Vida Paragliding Adventures

Brad and Maren at PDX airport, getting ready to start the 2026 Paragliding Season in Costa Rica. — Already exhausted, and the trip to Costa Rica is only just beginning!

Paraglider, turning in lift with puffy cumulus behind. — Working it!

Paraglider with two Macaws passing in front. — Birds of a feather...

Two Paragliders, just off launch, working together to try to find lift.

Paraglider pilot enjoying an afternoon flight.

Montezumas Oropendula standing in a banana tree munching on fresh banana. — Montezumas Oropendula munching on a banana straight from the tree.

Toucan, looking down at our group from the tree above — Toucan, sitting in their favorite tree at La Iguana, looking at our group below.

Watching and listening to a Toucan enjoying a lunch of berries in a tree above. — What, another Toucan?

Close up of a Golden Orb Spider. — Too close?

Brilliant coral colored flower hiding in the shadows

Wandering through the Cacao Plantation at La Iguana Chocolate.

Wandering through the Cacao Plantation at La Iguana Chocolate. — At La Iguana

Tour one showing our 'score' of chocolate bars and other goodies at La Iguana Chocolate. — Score!

Discover Paragliding Tour one, high in the sky over the Dominical launch.

Discover Paragliding Tour one, high in the sky over the Dominical launch. Beach in the background.

Paraglider pilot, ready to launch at Dominical.

Discover Paragliding , high in the sky over the Dominical launch.

Discover Paragliding Tour one, high in the sky over the Dominical launch.

Discover Paragliding Tour one, high in the sky over the Dominical launch.

Paraglider, high in the sky with the beach in the background.

Paraglider pilot sharing the air with a vulture

Paraglider pilots in the air.

Tour one - Evening classroom session to recap the day. — Nightly launch and flight reviews, places for improvement and plans for the next day.

Hawk with wings spread wide, showing us where the thermals are hiding!

Looking up at a pilot from inside the lines of a paraglider.

Paraglider pilot and birds sharing the air.

Paraglider pilot and birds sharing the air.

Brad, raking launch clean of the tall grass that grows on launch during the rainy season.

Tow Pilots pointing at the sky as a vulture fly's above.

Paraglider pilot at launch in Jaco.

Tour one - Enjoying a delicious dinner at our favorite restaurant in Jaco. Jerah Thai — Dinner at Jerah Thai. Yum!

Standing below one of the highest waterfalls in Costa Rica. Bijagual falls

Brad and Maren standing in the mist below the highest falls in Costa Rica. Bijagual Falls.

Giant fern illuminated by the sun behind.

Paraglider pilot flying in Jaco, Costa Rica

Paraglider pilot in climbing up to cloudbase in Jaco, Costa Rica.

Looking up at a paraglider pilot getting ready to launch.

Pilot at launch in the evening light.

Happy pilot in the LZ in Jaco — Don't look now, but he's smiling! 🙂

Pilot at the Las Escaleras launch above Dominical, Cost a Rica.

Pilot at the Las Escaleras launch above Dominical, Cost a Rica.

Pilot at the Las Escaleras launch above Dominical, Cost a Rica.

Pilot at the Las Escaleras launch above Dominical, Cost a Rica.

Paraglider flying above Dominical - Las Escaleras.

A flock of black and white Wood Storks in flight. — Wood Storks

A view of the jungle toward some cloud capped mountains. — The view from the Blue Sky Restaurant at the Parrita flying site.

A close up of a vulture, or buzzard. — Handsome devil!

A close up of a vulture, or buzzard. — Handsome devil!

Lapa Roja, or red Macaw, looking for lunch in an almond tree.

Lapa Roja, or red Macaw, looking for lunch in an almond tree.

Maren, looking up and taking a pic of the many Macaws above.

Lapa Roja, or red Macaw, looking for lunch in an almond tree.

La Iguana Chocolate bars.

Paraglider Pilot, ready to launch.

Paraglider climbing higher in a sky full of puffy cumulus clouds. — Way to go!

Paraglider Pilot, ready to launch.

Paraglider with the coast in the distance.

Two paragliders flying in opposite directions with Jaco in the distance. — Maren and Whit. Sharing some girl time!

Looking up at a paraglider pilot ready to launch.

A baby green and black poison dart frog. Barely the size of a small fingernail. — This guys is about the size of your little finger nail.

Toucan in a tree.

An image of one of the trees that have sharp thorns covering their trunks and branches. — This is why we don't land in trees in the tropics!

Climbing out. Trying to get high enough to make the run to the beach. — Knees in the breeze!

Looking south from 1000 meters high over the beach in Jaco. — It's pretty up there!

Looking north from 1000 meters high over the beach in Jaco. — It's pretty up there!

6 pilots abreast - Showing you don't have to take up the whole launch to set up your kit! — This is how to get ready to fly! Looking good Tour 2

Pilots on launch

Paraglider pilot on launch, checking downhill before inflation and launch

Paraglider above launch and below a cloud.

Paraglider pilot ready for launch.

A paraglider in front of clouds with Crepuscular rays coming down from the clouds in front of the sun.

Paraglider pilot ready for launch. One of Brads favorite camera angles, with the sun behind the pilot.

Paraglider pilot ready to launch. Jaco in the background.

A spider on a blade of grass. — Can I be your friend?

Paraglider pilot ready for launch. One of Brads favorite camera angles, with the sun behind the pilot. — Ready to go!

Maren and Daniel - showing that even Ticos can get sunburned! — Sunburns don't only happen to gringos!

Paraglider Pilot after landing with a paraglider in the air above her right shoulder — Melania after a fun flight!

Tour 2 at La Iguana Chocolate, learning the finer points of chocolate making — Jorge - Showing us how

Maren and Julian standing on launch

A paragliding in climbing out in the sky above Jaco!

A young Capuchin Monkey hanging out in a palm tree.

Iguana basking in the sun above one of the structures on the Miro Mountain trail.

Maren, involved in taking her own picture of the monkeys above.

A young Capuchin Monkey hanging out in a palm tree.

A young Capuchin Monkey hanging out in a palm tree.

A young Capuchin Monkey hanging out in a palm tree.

Tour 2, enjoying a good swim on a non flying day.

Swimming in one of the larger and deeper pools on this river. Hanging on, just below the falls.

Andrew, hamming it up on the ladder back up from the waterfalls below. Quite the view

Part of tour 2 standing in front of one of our favorite river swimming spots.

Maren and Andrea at the Domincal launch, the beach and the Pacific ocean in the distance. — Would you jump off this hill?

Paragliding pilot, just finishing his pre-flight check, overlooking Jaco — Daniel, almost ready to fly!

Maren standing beside a lovely bit of street art depicting a Red Macaw or Lapa Roja.

One of our students getting ready to spread the freshly made chocolate on the marble tempering plate. — The amount of self control it took for him to simply not just lick the spatula was impressive!

A fiery red sunset over the Nicoya Penninsula as viewed from the hills above Jaco. Costa Rica.

A Basilisk, or 'Jesus Christ' lizard peering out from behind some grass and leaves. — A Basilisk Lizard, sometimes called a 'Jesus Christ Lizard' because they really can walk on water. (Run, actually!

Mariana with her son sitting on her lap, sharing a family moment, with both looking adorable. — La Iguana Chocolate. Truly a family operation!

Brad, Maren and Mariana. One of the family that runs the best chocolate finca anywhere: La Iguana Chocolate — La Iguana. Best chocolatiers we know!

Maren and Utisha. Hanging out in the water by the sea.

Maren with the owners of Jerah Thai in Jaco. Best Thai food we know, and some of the nicest people too! Swimming in a 'secret' tide pool that only a few know about. — Utisha, Maren and Christian. Our Jerah Thai Hosts. Tide Pooling!

Our friends at the Caldera - Nemaclys paragliding site.

White faced, Capuchin, monkey in a tree beside the road.

Brad and Maren with their good friend and his son on launch in Jaco. Taking a moment to say goodbye. — Thanks for everything!

Taking one last look at an empty Las Terrazas launch, after near three months of spending our days here. — Taking one last look at an empty Las Terrazas launch, after nearly three months of spending our days here. See you next year Jaco!!!

Friend, artist and paragliding Pilot. Our friend Melania. — Melania and Coco. The weird sounding dog...

One of our many friends in Costa Rica. Here in front of her house in San Jose. — Every year - More and more good friends we have to say goodbye to!

Looking out a Delta window at the lights of Los Angeles on the way back to Oregon

Brad and Maren standing under a rainbow in Oregon after the long trip home from Costa Rica — Welcome home!

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