Early Saturday morning, we departed San Jose for a white water rafting trip down the Picuare river. The company picked us up in buses for a short drive out of San Jose. We could not have asked for a nicer day to raft. Breakfast was provided when we arrived at the base camp for the rafting. After another 45 minute drive and lots of sunscreen, we were in the water and ready to hit our first rapids.
Our raft lost our first person on the very first class 1 rapid. It was very funny and was a good start to our trip. Though I had been white water rafting before, I had never done class 4 rapids and it was quite the adventure. I fell out of the raft twice. One of the times was particularly painful because I was sucked under the boat and was being knocked back and forth between the raft and the rapids.
After about 2 1/2 hours of rafting, we settled down on the riverbank for a delicious lunch also provided by our guides. Deli wraps, fresh fruit, and dessert were all very delicious. After letting the food settle in our stomach for a while, we loaded up onto the rafts again for the second leg of our trip.
The second part of the trip was shorter and a little less rough in terms of the class of the rapids. We were able to get jump off the boat and swim in the cool water, see waterfalls that fed fresh water from the mountains into the river, and even flip the raft upside down. All these things helped make this rafting trip really incredible. Some of the views while going down the river were truly something I don't think I would be able to see anywhere else!
After the long day of rafting we were transported back to San Jose. After the long day, it was nice to go to bed early and get some sleep. We had a departure time of 6:30 the next day for the Osa Penninsula.
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