On our blog, we don’t only want to share our travel experiences but also collect information that can be useful for other paragliding pilots traveling in Central and South America.
We can obviously only cover the sites we have seen, so this is far from a complete guide. We still hope it is useful for some of you and might even motivate you to visit Costa Rica. It is comparatively unchartered in terms of paragliding but definitely worth a visit.
We’ve sent all guides to local pilots to make sure we covered the sites well. However, as mentioned in each guide, we were only able to spend limited time in each spot and information might become outdated. So always check with the locals before flying there.
A general overview of flying in Costa Rica you find at Paragliding: Costa Rica. Below are all our Costa Rica site guides:
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Site Guide: Dominical (CR)
Dominical is a small surfer town located at the pacific ocean in the south of the country. You take off at the mountain ridge set back from the coast and fly over the jungle before landing at either Dominicalito or Dominical beach. Because of the consistent thermals at the takeoff ridge, it is easy to…
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Site Guide: Rivas (CR)
Rivas is said to be the XC flying paradise. It offers an interesting mix of mountain and flatland flying that is quite unique. The town is located in the mountains of Costa Rica, only a few hours’ drive from another great flying site, Dominical. While we weren’t too successful ourselves, we definitely see the potential,…
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Site Guide: Caldera (CR)
As described in our blog post about Caldera, it is said to be the cradle of paragliding in Costa Rica. It features soft and playful coast-soaring conditions, a vast takeoff area, and a welcoming host. Flying is very easy-going (as long you keep an eye on the wind direction) and it’s a great spot to…
