Heading out to paddle/run trips in an international setting means bringing along a checklist that includes such things as learning the access points, watersheds (because if the river you were hoping to do is too high, what else is coming in), the language…and so on;...
Costa Rica
Kayakers=Ambassadors. Honking.
It might seems like a dangerous statement to say that kayakers become ambassadors to and from their home country. But it is true. We bring a bit of reality to the locals we paddle by....and bring home reality from the people we have shared time with. With our winter...
When all your hard work pays off and you are kayaking somewhere cool!
As little as a year ago, at least two of this crew would have never imagined that they would be kayaking in Ecuador. They were still struggling to learn how to roll, catch eddies and stay rightside up. And then the next thing you know there you are--paddling rivers in...
Wall Shots and Kayaking in Costa Rica
Wall shots: a river feature created when downstream current runs directly into the downstream wall. Doing so creates a pillow alongside the wall, and a compression eddy line where the pillow and the downstream running current meet. There is nothing intuitive about...
Rocks and Rolls on the River
You watch the rain, read about the damage, feel the pain for residents hurt in the floods; but it is coming back to familiar rivers and personally viewing changes that brings home how powerful water is. Our final trip of the season here in Costa Rica loaded up under...
The Power of Water
Our Class IV boaters had a front row seat this week to the incredible power of water. The week started out with two gorgeous sunny days here in Costa Rica, giving us a chance to warm up and then enjoy the Lower Pacuare (a must for any level trip) before what seemed...
Class III Kayaking Fun in Costa Rica
This past week was one of our favorite itineraries: the Class III trip that begins at the beach. And with the veteran crew of ERA participants that joined us this week, it was blue skies, great water, and big smiles all week!!! Check out our photo gallery for a...
Our Team of International Guides
While the reputation of great boating is what attracts boaters to Costa Rica and Ecuador, it is the reputation of the Endless River Adventures' guides that brings people to us--and back again so many times. In the words of a repeat guest/friend, "Friendly help,...
Where are all the animals in the rainforest?
When you hear rainforest you think monkeys and birds and iguanas and snakes (yikes!) and butterflies and more birds.....and they are all there. They are just difficult to spot because of their innate ability to stay out of sight of their predators. But there are...
Stout Class IV, Costa Rica scenery and a good group of friends = a great week of paddling here in Costa Rica
What makes paddling in a rain forest environment like Costa Rica or Ecuador so interesting is the potential for rivers to change character from one day to the next depending on water levels. Just ask our first group of merry paddling pranksters from Colorado and...
World Class Kayak Adventures
Our friend Marie has published a great article on paddling with us in Costa Rica--slide show and all. A wonderful read.
Traveling abroad: Unique Experiences
Some brush off the idea of international paddling because of the quality of whitewater found in their own backyard. And while that may be true, and while at the same time we might wax eloquent on the thrill of exploring new rivers in new places, paddling is only part...
Clean Up in Costa Rica
We said "adios" to our final friends heading back to the States this weekend. And after cleaning up the boats and tucking them away for the season, we now sadly say "hasta la vista" to Miguel and his family, and the toucans and monkeys and oro pendulas and...
Sunday Morning Traffic Jams in Costa Rica
To Boof or Not to Boof….
Sometimes you do not know the answer to that question until after you have done it!
Costa Rica stamps NKarasa
Costa Rica stamps ball sunsets disappearing into burning skies rivers with bubble necklaces hanging them onto your eyelashes a full green, overlaying green valleys with shoulders too steep to fall into sun eating away the leaf edges, leaving cracks of sunshine smooth...
Asleep Under A Full Moon Boating NKARASA
viewing into reflections of the water seeing itself being the enchantrice dropping into a tongue, one tongue exploring the next tongue to tongue as if it was beckoning to lick exploring each hollow or your knees, clavicles, intentions skin of smoothness, skin of...
Bringing out the Poet in a Costa Rica Trip
Costa Rica stamps ball sunsets disappearing into burning skies rivers with bubble necklaces hanging them onto your eyelashes a full green, overlaying green valleys with shoulders too steep to fall into sun eating away the leaf edges, leaving cracks of sunshine smooth...
When you cannot get away from the office….you can still be paddling far away!
We understand that this year is a tough year for folks to get away. So we are working super hard to keep you with us via the ol'computer..... Each week we are working to have photos posted for everyone to enjoy--whether you were with us or not that week 🙂 We are...
Sarapiqui River, the costa rican river that refuses to be washed away
In January of 2009, Costa Rica suffered a devastating earthquake - which has come to be known as the Cinchona Earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was very near Poas Volcano. What was of particular interest to the whitewater community was the damage done to the...