The idea of ziplining high over the landscape has always appealed, but even though I’ve traveled for years now to dozens and dozens of countries, ziplining in Puerto Rico was an entirely new experience for me.
When the Puerto Rico Tourism Corporation invited me to the Toro Verde Nature Adventure Park, I couldn’t say no. The park boasts eight+ zip lines totalling a staggering 2.5-km of soaring potential, monkey bridges, and even opportunities to do some rappelling.
I had never done any of those things before, so it was a new experience for me that I was eager to try!
Why Plan a Trip to Puerto Rico’s Famous Ziplines?
Not only is there the fun factor—which can’t be overstated—but Puerto Rico has a rich, biodiverse landscape and many gorgeous national parks. The ziplines at Toro Verde Nature Adventure Park offer unparalleled views of the mountains of Orocovis and the surrounding acres of forested land.
It’s also a pretty easy day trip from San Juan. The Toro Verde Adventure Park is about an hour and a half from San Juan, and it’s probably easiest to rent a car to drive yourself there as hiring a taxi (and then having them wait) would drive up your costs significantly, and renting a car is pretty easy.
Review: Riding the The Beast & Monster Ziplines at Toro Verde
The highlight of any trip to this adventure park are the two massive zip lines that allow you to reach unprecedented speeds as you careen through the jungle.
The Beast is a 4,745 ft (1.45 km) long single-run zip line located about 900 feet above the forest floor at its highest point. Given the length and how the zipline is configured, you can expect to reach up to 60 mph (100 kmph). The video I took was with my iPhone and I was holding it vertically, so you might want to expand the video to full screen to see it properly.
The Monster is a newer addition to the Toro Verde zipline family, and it’s an adrenaline rush you’ll likely never forget. It’s easily one of the world’s longest ziplines at 2.5 km (1.57 mi), and if you meet the minimum weight requirement of 100 pounds you can expect to careen across the landscape at 95 mph and flying more than 380m above the forest floor. You ride this one superman style, with a protective helmet and goggles.
The regular zipline course consists of eight ziplines of varying height and length and they are a fun option for families with children too small for the mega ziplines, or for those who like a more moderate dose of adventure.
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they don’t want to say the price, cause its pretty costly. I think its between $75.. $110.00.. per ride.
This is great to hear about another atraction that we can add and promote to.our friends in the U.S.
How about a contact number?, l’ve been trying to find this but no contact#, no addres.
Please let me know what the price for tomorrow, 4/16/2012 would be for 5 people?
SO COOL! I hope I get the chance to do this one day.
I just want to know the price per person.
My wife and I just did the Beast at Toro Verde 6 days ago. Visiting Toro was our first attempt at zip lining. We opted to do Tour 1 & 2. Tour 1 consists of 8 zips, starting at about 800ft length and 130ft above the ground. While zip 8 prepared us for the beast at 2500ft long and 650 ft high. We were ready for the beast after the first zip, but the other 7 in the tour were fantastic. Tour 2 is the beast only! I recommend this experience to anyone who visits Puerto Rico. It was about 45-60 min from San Juan. It was also an incredible drive, once you hit the hills. (I didn’t pay attention to the time since I was driving.)
What was the price? I got to their website and it was only in spanish.
If you use Google translate, you should be able to get an English version of the page.
Woah! That looked like a rush! Well done Gary! I’d love to give that a go!
Wow! that was so fun and exciting! I have tried the longest zipline in Asia found in Bukidnon, Philippines and I hope I could try this out! :)
Wow that zipline looks amazing! I went to Puerto Rico last year and did my first zipline. It was incredible. I loved the thrill and excitement you get when you are “flying” through the air. I also went to Culebra for the first time and I did not want to leave. I loved the beauty and seclusion of Zoni beach. Are you going to to to Culebra while you are in Puerto Rico? I think Culebra is must for anyone visting Puerto Rico.
So much fun!!! I just ziplined in Mexico last week, loved it! But my fave was in Cuba.
i ziplined in costa rica, it was amazing but nothing compared to this!
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So cool, I had no idea the highest zip line was in PR! I’m glad you were able to get that on video:)