Upper Balsa River Costa Rica: White Water Rafting Adventure Class 3/4

Experience the thrill of white water rafting on the Upper Balsa River in Costa Rica. Class 3/4 rapids, swimming stops, and fresh fruit await. Suitable for ages 5+.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Calle Coopezamora - Arenal Rafting’s Class IV adrenaline-packed white water rafting adventure is a thrilling rafting experience within the Costa Rican rainforest. For those in good physical condition, we’ll take you for a 15-kilometer ride down the river you won’t forget anytime soon! Stop along the way to rest a bit, do a little swimming, and enjoy some fresh Costa Rica fruit. After white water rafting, we’ll take you to a local restaurant to have a Costa Rica style lunch.

Daily tours leave at 9:00 am from La Fortuna for our Class IV White Water Rafting Adventure and include roundtrip transportation from local La Fortuna hotels, all equipment, guides, fruit on the river, towels & local lunch.

This tour is appropriate for anyone 12 years and older.

What's Included
  • Fruits on the river
  • Bottled water
  • Transportation from nearby hotels
  • Lunch provided
  • Towel included
What's Not Included
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase) at the end of the tour.
  • We do extra pickups in some hotels for a charge of $40
  • Pick up service at hotels located over 6 km away from our main office
Meal Options
  • Costa Rican Casado - A casado is a meal using rice, black beans, plantains, salad, a tortilla, and an optional protein source such as chicken, beef, pork, fish and so on.
Additional Information

The balsa river is the best white water rafting choice in the northern area of Costa Rica this great class 3 &4 on the upper part,

Balsa River for an adventure you won’t forget anytime soon! Stop along the way to rest a bit, do a little swimming, and enjoy some fresh Costa Rica fruit. After white water rafting, you will get a clean towel and a water bottle, and we’ll take you to a local restaurant to have a Costa Rica style lunch

Daily tours leave at 08:30 am from La Fortuna for our Class IV White Water Rafting Adventure on the Balsa River and includes round trip transportation from local La Fortuna hotels, all equipment, guides, fruit on the river, towels, water, & costarican lunch. We come back to La Fortuna town at 13:30.

This tour is appropriate for anyone with 12 years and older.

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Arenal Rafting
100 METERS NORTH FROM THE POLICE STATION, AVENUE 333 STREET 460. You can find us on WAZE or GOOGLE MAPS as ARENAL RAFTING COMPANY. AT 9:15am.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Lauranjo
Aug 17, 2024
The water sloth - Excellent experience, the best Guide, Jason the water sloth. Very good tour, we enjoyed it very much. I'd do it again.
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Marvin323
Aug 17, 2024
Great - Our guide Imanol was amazing! We had a great time. My friend had special considerations and Imanol helped him tremendously! Safe and fun adventure. I came in 2019 with the same company and still highly recommend 💛
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Darlene
Aug 15, 2024
Amazing Tour for Rafting! - Amazing tour and experience. We had Alejandro has a tour guide along side with Christopher and Johnny. They were extremely helpful and made the activity fun and safe. My son which is 8 yrs old was a part of the tour and he had the best time of his life.
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Smiley717
Aug 14, 2024
Amazing - great rapids with friendly staff who make you feel safe. So much fun - a must do! - Amazing fun for our family of 7 adults (aged 19 to 54 years). We arrived at Arenal Rafting centre and it seemed busy and a bit chaotic but it is organised chaos. We were instructed to follow our group leader (Carlos R) on to our bus. We had a 45 min drive to the river with a stop for drinks and toilet. At the shop, Carlos pointed out a sloth in the tree outside. Our raft guide was Carlos Gonzales, who was brilliant. He made us feel safe at all times, explaining the commands clearly and checking in with me constantly as I was a bit nervous. He was great fun too - making jokes and doing acrobatic tricks! He was also very knowledgable about the wildlife and fauna. He pointed out sloths, iguanas, a toucan and birds of prey. The rapids were exhilarating, with most of the rapids at the beginning, so later on we could enjoy the scenery where the river was calmer. We stopped half way through for some mouthwatering fruit and we had lunch awaiting us, which was a delicious combination of rice, beans and beef. Summary - well organised, really friendly staff and the rapids were great fun! I was really impressed with their safety: the boats stayed together and the they had an extra raft and kayaker following the rafts for anyone that went overboard.
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Melissa_c
Aug 12, 2024
Thrilling! - Our family of 4 with 2 teens had an absolute blast! The thrill level was high and we felt very safe throughout the entire journey. Highly recommend!
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Voyager34087911567
Aug 8, 2024
Safe but fun - Jager was a fantastic guide. I was with my teenagers and I was a little concerned about ending up in the water. Jager kept me in the raft and made sure everyone had a great time!
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Dawsonm343
Aug 7, 2024
Rafting class 3/4 - Roberto was an amazing guide with a good working knowledge of the river. We had a blast! Highly recommend this tour. It was well worth it!
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Grandtour20617833322
Aug 10, 2024
Amazing experience - Excellent attention and organization activities with many security controls. Very good cooking seasoning with delicious food. It would improve the cleanliness of the rooms. Very friendly, fun and helpful staff. Juana about excellent rafting
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731arthurf
Aug 6, 2024
High fun factor, well organized. - Great experience for my family but the IV’s were a bit too much for my wife and children. Well organized. 9:15 pick up and 14:30 finished including lunch.
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Mariesoleneprudhomme
Aug 15, 2024
Fun but not as thrilling as anticipated - The tour was fun and the guides were great but having done rafting before this was definitely not a class 3 / 4. There also was at least 10 boats in one go which made it feel very crowded. The stunning scenery and the wildlife we saw partly made up for it, but still not the thrill I was expecting.
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