It's been two days since we've seen a volcano, so guess what ... time for another volcano! Ian and I are suckers for mountains, so climbing volcanoes seems the thing to do. The hotel arranges for a guide to meet us bright and early as this climb will take 6-8 hours. We head out around 7 AM and walk through the lowlands near the lodge, passing plots of beans and corn, people's houses and horses. Eventually, we meet up with the main trail up the volcano. Suddenly, everything is steep, way steep. During the next few hours, we find ourselves climbing up root structures and on our hands and knees. Some places are so sketchy, they have ropes installed. We feel like we are WAY off the beaten path at this point, especially considering that Jaime, the owner at La Omaja, tells us that this hike is gnarly. Gnarly sounds perfect to us! We finally make it to the top, where we don our jackets. It's cold up here! Dropping at least 20 degrees. Ian and I decide that if we moved to Nicaragua, we'd have to live on top of a volcano or else we would sweat to death. Downhill seems much faster for some reason and we make it back to La Omaja in time for dinner, a bottle of wine and a dip in the pool. We are fairly exhausted after the hike and sad to be leaving Ometepe. I take a mental note that 2 days/1 night on the island is not enough. For all future Nica trips, I will suggest at least 2 nights on the island.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.