In the Province of Heredia the small rural village of Horquetas offers extreme experiences. Horquetas is located on the road from Guapiles to Sarapiqui. Coming from San Jose in the Central Valley you will have beautiful drive through the mountains of the Braulio Carillo National Park. The winding road offers magnificent views over the dense green virgin rainforest. Just before entering the crossroad of Rio Frio close to Guapiles you have a view of the Caribbean lowlands and the planes of the Sarapiqui region. By then it’s only a 30 minute drive to Horquetas. The town itself is nothing out of the ordinary, but it’s central location makes it a perfect starting point for tours to the Braulio Carillo National Park, the Aerial Tram or to jungle reserves around Sarapiqui. For the more adventurous there is white water rafting on the Sarapiqui River and there are various canopy tours. If you prefer luxury Horquetas has a perfect destination in the form of the Sueno Azul Hotel and Spa. Peacefully situated on a former hacienda (ranch) the hotel with 55 rooms offers all the commodities for the spoilt traveller such as a good restaurant with local and international food, pools, spa, meditation and yoga room. The other extreme that Horquetas offers is the Rara Avis Jungle Lodge and Reserve. A rustic lodge in the middle of a thick rainforest. The lodge has an office in Horquetas from where the trip to the lodge begins. The rustic lodge is situated in such an isolated area, that the only way to get there is by a three hour long ride by tractor that will even take you past El Plastico, Horqeuta’s former penal colony where the inmates slept deep inside the jungle under a tarp. The lodge itself is close to a beautiful waterfall, making it one of the top sustainable destination in Costa Rica.