After a morning of working/schooling, we headed out to Rainmaker. Rainmaker is another trail with hanging bridges close to Quepos/Manuel Antonio. We almost skipped it, because we had already done Mistico. I’m so glad we didn’t!
We got there midafternoon and had the trails virtually to ourselves. It was quite the uphill hike at first, and then we got to a series of sweet hanging bridges. They were considerably more…um…rustic ;) than Mistico’s. We quickly realized that these bridges were literally hanging and weren’t attached on each side to the platforms. It added to the experience, though, for sure.
No people. Just my fam in middle of the rainforest, walking from platform to platform across multiple hanging bridges. So amazing!
After the bridges, we hiked alongside a river with five or six waterfalls along the way. Each waterfall had the most perfect little swimming hole beneath it. My sister-in-law Jessie found a rope on the first one and quickly scaled it up! The next waterfall pool had a perfect sitting spot for all of us beneath the waterfall. Lainey kept wanting to touch the waterfall and giggled each time.
It was quite a hike, but Rainmaker was definitely a highlight for our whole group!
Rainmaker is definitely not accessible for strollers/wheelchairs. Lainey and I almost hung back because of that, but then we maneuvered my nephew’s child-carrier to make a piggyback work for Lainey and me. It worked awesome, and I’m so glad we were able to partake in the experience with everybody. We’ll be researching some more carrier options in the future for trails like this that aren’t quite stroller accessible.
We headed to Jaco the next afternoon to do an aerial tram through some more rainforest.
The day after was the last day for Scotty/Jessie/Lincoln, so we spent the day relaxing by the pool in the morning and our perfect Bejuco Beach. It’s been so great to share this experience with so many!
