National Geographic created the Gold Standard for adventure travel, which has never been attempted by any other publication. They gathered information from operators and guests from 248 adventure operators around the world, then narrowed their selection to the World's Top Operators. NatGeo further refined their results by country, and Serendipity Adventures selected for Top Ten of the World,, and the only Costa Rica operator selected for One-Country Wonders.
Forbes listed the best balloon operators in the world - and Serendipity Adventures is one of their 12 Best in the World selections.
The entire OUTSIDE online magazine is loaded here. Once the interior window with the article is open, perform a search (CTRL + F) for serendipity. Apologies: the Online article is the entire issue, and the 30 Best article starts about Page 22. Serendipity Costa Rica is one of their selections.
Travel & Leisure featured the best balloon flights of the world - and Serendipity Costa Rica is one of their selections.
CNNi filmed Serendipity Costa Rica for a TV travel special in Spanish. This video shows a lot of the rain forest access we have -- touching treetops, seeing monkeys in high branches.
Equitrekking, a horseback adventure series, ran on Discovery Channel. The show features great footage of Serendipity Costa Rica and Centaura's horses. Centaura grew from Serendipity as a specialist division for horse riding enthusiasts.
I haven't done any of the things I did on this trip before and didn't have high expectations. But I learned that if I try I can do a lot more than I think I can. I learned so many new things. I loved the trip, and that's because Serendipity's guides really gave us the encouragement and had the patience and hmor to get us up, or down, or wet or dry.. So many adventures in such a short time.
—Molly K., 10, Albuquerque, NM, May 2008