Puerto Vallarta: Canopy Zip Lines & Boat Tour with Tequila

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Duration6h 30m

GroupUp to 80

PickupAt your hotel

Nineteen zip lines, a river, and tequila: one day in Puerto Vallarta's jungle

You zip line across 19 canopy lines over jungle and river, then swim in natural pools and slide down rock formations. Transport to the site is included, along with expert bilingual guides, all safety equipment, and an authentic tequila tasting at the riverside bar. Lunch and drinks are separate, and the whole day runs without you arranging transport or timing the stops yourself.

6h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Adventure, nature, and local culture

Meet at the meeting point
Choose speedboat or ground transfer
Zip line on 19 long, high lines
Enjoy lunch and tropical cocktails
Swim, slide, and kayak in river
Visit rescued animals sanctuary
Experience traditional tequila tasting

The Experience

"Don't look down until you're halfway across," our guide said with a grin as we clipped into the harness. That's how the canopy tour in Puerto Vallarta starts — not with a pep talk, but with a joke that somehow makes you trust him completely. The longest and fastest zip lines in the region run over the jungle canopy and above a crystal-clear river, and there are 19 of them strung across the morning. You choose how you get there: a speedboat ride around the bay with the salt spray hitting your face, or a safari-style van through the hills. Either way, you're moving, and the adrenaline starts before the first line.

The actual zip-lining is the core of it, but the day doesn't stop there. After you come down from the last line, you're at a riverside restaurant-bar where lunch and drinks are on you, but the tequila tasting is included — and it's not the tourist version. You get the real thing, explained by someone who knows it. Between the tasting and the meal, there's time to swim in the natural pools the river has carved out, slide down the rock slides if you want that kind of thing, or just float and let your legs stop shaking. A few people kayak. The rescued animal sanctuary is there too, smaller than you might expect but genuine — it's not a show, it's a place where animals that can't go back to the wild have actual space.

The guides are bilingual and they stay with your group the whole time, which matters more than it sounds. They handle the equipment checks, they know the rhythm of the day, and they're watching to make sure nobody's pretending to be braver than they actually are. Water is provided during the zip-lining itself, which you'll need. The whole thing runs as a single day, and there's nothing else in Puerto Vallarta that stacks this many things — the lines, the water, the animals, the tequila — into one trip without you having to piece it together yourself.

What’s included

Transport to and from the site (choose speedboat or safari van).
all 19 zip lines with professional equipment and safety gear.
bilingual expert guides for the full day.
water during the zip-lining.
access to natural river pools and rock slides.
kayaking if you want it.
entry to the rescued animal sanctuary.
authentic tequila tasting at the riverside bar.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by CV tours & travel

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the adrenaline, the water, and the culture all in one day without arranging separate transport, guides, or timing — the fixed itinerary is what makes it possible to do 19 zip lines, swim, taste tequila, and see the sanctuary without any of it feeling rushed.