Incredible Rafting in Rio Cangrejal

We have done lots of river rafting in the states and even in other countries like Fiji before. This experience was also wonderful but a little different than we expected. So just a little heads up. We went in August. They picked us up at our hotel at The Lodge and Spa at Pico Bonito in a very old pickup, and it was a fairly long drive. Our driver was delightful. We spent the first half of the morning swimming in the river and kind of climbing on rocks and bouldering and cliff jumping. The scenery is very beautiful, but I guess I just hadn't expected that part of the adventure. Then we rafted down the river. The air was pretty hot but the water was refreshing. I don't know if the river was too high or too low, but the rafting part of the morning was probably only about an hour or an hour and a half long. That part of it was probably a little shorter than I expected, but very fun. Several of the rapids were amazing. A few times we had to get out and go around on land where it wasn't safe to stay in our raft on the river. I thought they said that they were going to take some pictures of us, but maybe I misunderstood, because there were definitely no pictures, which was sad because we would have liked some. If we had it to do again, we would have brought our own GoPro. Our guides were lovely and very skilled and their English was great. We felt very safe.