Extreme Zipline in the jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
Today, we traveled into the jungle clad mountains outside Puerto Vallarta for a day of adventure activities. We started with a series of ziplines high in the canopy. I've always been an adventure enthusiast, but it was surprising to me how much more stressful it is to bring my kids on activities that I wouldn't think twice about doing myself. All day long I was checking every line and connection, thinking through all of the eventualities. Fortunately, the safety procedures were top notch. I think this was the only zipline I've ever done where everything was connected twice. We were even attached to two separate zipline cables for each route. Harnesses were in excellent condition and multiple safety lines were attached for each activity.
Extreme Zipline in the jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)Extreme Zipline in the jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
In the midst of the ziplines, there was a ropes course with a huge net to climb, suspended logs to jump across and a tightrope to walk. We also did a giant Tarzan swing that was essentially a free fall out of the trees.
Ropes course (Mary Curry)Ropes course in jungle of Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
Following the ziplines, we hopped into Polaris ATVs and splashed through puddles and around the winding jungle roads. Most of my kids piled into an ATV with one of the guides. Poor Matthew was stuck riding with me and complained that I drove way too slow!
ATV in jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)ATV in jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
From here, we hiked up the hill to one of the longest ziplines I've ever seen, a Superman line 3/4 of a mile long that we rode laying down with arms extended (like Superman flying). This was the highlight of the day for most of us as the line lasted long enough to really enjoy the scenery and was fast enough to thrill even the most adventurous in our group as we sped between clusters of jungle treetops.
Just when I was thinking the day was over, we put on flight jackets to try our skills at 'skydiving' in a wind tunnel. This required a LOT more skill that regular sky diving as you had to maintain a perfectly balanced position with arms and legs extended in an X shape to catch the wind. We each had two guides helping us, one inside and one outside the tunnel. Even with the help, we only managed to get a few feet above the ground, but it sure was a blast trying!
Wind Tunnel Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)Wind Tunnel Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
After skydiving, we all headed to a giant waterslide to wind back off the mountain and to our waiting snacks!
After the zipline in jungle outside Puerto Vallarta (Mary Curry)
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
4 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
5 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.