Costa Rica 2010 Paragliding Trip Program

 

Dates:

Full Week Tour - Saturday FEB 13th (arrival) to Sunday, FEB 21st (departure)

Long Weekend Tour - Wednesday FEB 17th (arrival) to Sunday, FEB 21st (departure)

 

Organizers:

Atlanta Paragliding Enterprises, Sebastian Zavalla                                                               

 

Tour Leaders:

Luis Rosenkjer, Sebastian Zavalla

 

Early payment discounts!!!:

Check our discounted payment schedule down below.

 

Tour Descriptions:

This year we will offer two different options. One that will allow 7 flying days plus perhaps a short flight the arrival day at the end of the day, and another option that offers basically 3 flying days and a short flight the arrival day.

 

 

Full Week Tour (9 days, 8 nights)

 

This package will start with mostly ridge soaring conditions flying at Caldera and end up with more challenging thermal sites at the end of the week. Pilots should have at least a P-2 license to join this part of the trip. The difficulty in the Flying sites we choose will be increasing along the wing, but during at least the first 2 days, we will be using smooth ridge soaring conditions. This makes it a good option for new P-2 pilots that want to add some airtime to their log books and enjoy visiting other countries.

 

Long Weekend Tour (5 days, 4 nights)

 

We will fly Caldera the first day and some more changeling sites the next days. Pilots should have at least a P-2 license with some experience in ridge soaring and thermal flying to join this part of the trip.

 

Commentaries:

 

We will be staying in Puntarenas, at the Pacific Ocean side of the country, at around a two hour drive from San Jose. Costa Rica is a beautiful Spanish speaking country, with very friendly people and an incredible well preserved nature environment, with many different species of all kind of animals and birds. February is middle of the dry season in the part of the country we will be flying at, and conditions are very consistent. Most of the time we fly within the influence of the see breeze coming from the Pacific and underneath the higher levels easterly winds at this time of the year.  There are four different sites within one hour drive from the hotel, Caldera with sea breeze is a ridge soaring site and it has two different take off places with the possibility to top land if you have the skills. The other 3 sites, San Miguel, Hermosa and Jaco are thermal sites. They all have their own flying weather conditions and itÕs very hard not to fly on a given day. The site to fly will be chosen by the instructors according to the conditions of the day and the flying skills of the group.

 

 

Accommodations

We will be staying in a three-star hotel, and prices are based on double rooms with breakfast.

 

PRICES, CONDITIONS AND PAYMENT DETAILS:

 

The price includes:

á       3 star double room hotel

á       Transfers to and from the Airport on arrival and departure days

á       Transport to and from all flying sites

á       Daily weather updates

á       Site information and flying tips

á       Launching supervision

á       Radio communication with guides and drivers during flights

á       Flight retrieval back to launch site

á       Flight retrievals

á       Free DVD movie of the trip

á       Free custom designed 2010 T-shirt

       

Prices:

 

Discounts and payment options:

For either partial or total advance payment the following range of discounts will be applied proportionally to the received amount.

Before January 10th, 2009                                                   10 %   

Before January 20th, 2010                                                     5 %

Late bookings after February 1st, 2010                    add        5 %

We accept  cash, checks, credit cards, and PayPal

 

Requirements:

P2 certification, VHF radio, certified equipment, reserve parachute and helmet, and a good attitude because we are going to have lots of fun! 

 

Bookings or questions:

 

Atlanta Paragliding                 www.atlantaparagliding.com                                  

Luis Rosenkjer                       luis@atlantaparagliding.com                         Cell 404-931-3793

 

Sebastian Zavalla                  sebazavalla@hotmail.com                            Cell 011-506-88272342 (Costa Rica)

 

 

Guide Information:

 

         Luis Rosenkjer-          -Advanced USHPA Advanced Instructor and Instructor Administrator

                                               -Multiple Argentinean National Champion

                                               -Argentina Open Distance 7 year record holder- (158 miles)

                                               -Chilean Open Distance now days record holder- (128 miles)

-10 years of paragliding guiding experience in Argentina, Chile, France, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Costa Rica.

                                              

 

            Sebastian Zavalla-    -USHPA Advance Instructor, Tandem Instructor, Competition Pilot.