Look at some excepts of what recent editions of various travel
guides and magazines have mentioned about the Rain Forest
Aerial Tram parks. |
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| Travels Guides Reviews |
"All new summer
thrills!"
June 2, 2009 - Budget Travel blog |
Rain Forest Sledding
Ocho Rios, Jamaica To train for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the
famed Jamaican bobsled team resorted to careering down the island's Blue
Mountains in a modified pushcart. To relive the team's experience, head to
Mystic Mountain, an eco-themed park on the country's north coast. Here,
thrill seekers hop into a bobsled on rails that tears through tropical
forest and down a 3,200-foot track that, at one point, drops 400 feet at
almost 30 mph. |
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"Fodor’s Costa Rica Travel Guide"
2005 Edition |
"The tram gives students, researchers, and travelers a new way
of seeing the rain-forest canopy and its spectacular array of
epiphyte plant life and birds from just above, a feat you could
otherwise accomplish only by climbing the trees yourself…
Though purists might complain that it treats the rain forest like
an amusement park, it’s an entertaining way to learn the value
and beauty of rain-forest ecology."
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"The National Geographic Traveler: Costa Rica"
2000 Edition |
“Few fun-fair rides are as thrilling as a 90-minute, mile-long
excursion through the rain forest canopy aboard this open-air
aerial tram, in a private tropical wet forest reserve. The trip
reveals details of everyday life in the treetops, where 75% of
all rainforest species dwell.”
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"The Discovery Channel: Insight Compact Guide on Costa Rica"
1998 Edition |
“An open gondola seating four people plus one guide can soar
through the forest at different heights, sometimes only just above
the river, sometimes right up under the tree canopy. Blooming
orchids and bromeliads seem close enough to touch from this perspective as are monkeys, coatis and honey bears. Toucans
and other birds chewing fruit up here aren’t in the least bothered
by the passing gondolas.”
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"Adventures in Nature: Costa Rica"
2001 Edition |
“The aerial tram brings ski-lift technology to the tropical forest.
Riding in gondola-type cars, visitors pass through what founder
Donald Perry calls “the hanging gardens of Central America”…
you have a chance to see the plants whose flowers you find when walking on trails.”
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“American Birds: The 104th Christmas Bird Count”
2003-2004 |
“This years winning Ecuador-tally] tops the 400 recorded last
year by the Rain Forest Aerial Tram, Costa Rica, which was
hampered by poor weather this season. Nevertheless, this
year’s [bird count] effort [in Costa Rica] produced the fourth
highest species total in the 19-year history of the count.
The count’s cumulative species list is now up to 489 with the
addition of five new species: Pinnated Bittern, Red-tailed Hawk,
Violet Sabrewing, Hoffmann’s Woodpecker, andWhite-winged
Tanager.”
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“Up and Away in Costa Rica’s Rainforests”
Pamela A. Campbell |
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“Visiting Costa Rica and leaving without a trip into the rainforests is
akin to bypassing the pyramids in Egypt. But this was no ordinary
jungle trek for me. This was the aerial tram tour where I rode in an
open-air gondola suspended at times as high as 35 meters above endless greenery, ensuring a bird's eye view of the vast forest floor.”
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