The Challenging Hike

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Our day starts at 7:30 AM by driving 25 min from Liberia downtown through the small villages of Colorado and Curubande, making one short stop at a “ Soda “ to taste costa rican coffe, bread and fruits to then continue for 10 more minutes to our first waterfall: La Oropendola located at the slopes of the Rincon de la Vieja volcano.

Once there we’ll be ready for a refreshing swim in the Oropendula Waterfall. The trail is 500 meters singletrack so together 1 Km. The Oropendula Waterfall spills an impressive 82 feet (25 meters) down to a bright turquoise pool in the picturesque lush canyon of the Rio Blanco (White River). 

After one hour at La Oropendola Waterfall we will continue to our second Waterfall: La Leona. The waterfall is well hidden away on the outskirts of Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. The trail is 1.7 Miles (2.7 Kilometers) singletrack so together it is 6 km.

There are some climbing to do in elevation and some caves to go across. Later to reach the waterfall we would have to swim 25 meters.

Once we finish with La Leona Waterfall we will continue to Poza La Pipa ( La Pipa Pools )  in Curubande where the Blanco and the Colorado rivers cross through, forming canyons and beautiful scenery which is why the water in their pools have that special turquoise tint.

After the waterfalls we will go back to Curubande downtown to have a typical Costa Rican Lunch.