Batey Zipline Adventure

Our New Son: Yunke Zipline Adventure

2009-03-07T18:09:00.000-08:00

For all our friends and outdoor lovers , we say Hi from our new facilities next to El Yunque Rain Forest. Yunke Zipline Adventure is the new zipline and canopy course in the east part of Puerto Rico island. From the guides of Acampa Nature Adventure, here we present you our new project; designed, prepared , constructed and developed by Jaime F., Roki B. , and Jorge P. Our course includes 7 different Ziplines and three different Rappellings; this is our first stage of the project. The normal time of the tour is 3 1/2 hours for 6-8 people, we are located on road #992 next to Hacienda Carabali , only 10 min. from main hotels in the east and 45 min. from San juan Hotels . To contact us call 787-242-3368 or 787-383 -3096 or trew this same web leave us a mail. Yunke Zipline Adventure web page is in construction , but we are ready to receive you, so "Come And enjoy the Beauties Of Puerto Rico" in Luquillo. Thanks...

What Does "ECO" Tours Mean?

2009-03-01T16:58:00.000-08:00

Ecotourism is the responsible outdoor activitiy that reconnects a human being with the natural world. Batey Zipline Adventure takes place in remotes areas of the central limestone Tropical Forest of Puerto Rico where natural settings are abundant and relatively undisturbed. Our Ecotours and daily practices promote a minimal impact on the environment and encourage the involvement with adjacent communities. Only locals are our guides and the ones who have work on the development of our course. A very important part of our tours is the interpretation of cultural, historical and ecological facts for the benefit of all our visitors, including social projects, school and universities students (and teachers).

That’s the M.E.T.A. (GOAL) of Batey Zipline Adventure:

-Minimal impact on the environment,
-Educational experience on natural and cultural heritage,
-Tourism that doesn’t disturb the natural settings,
-Active involvement with local communities.

BZA is also a proud supporter of many community groups and provides a wide variety of local employment opportunities.

Deaf Nation in Batey Zipline Adventure...

2009-03-01T16:46:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, we want to share the visit of Joel Barish and his crew on a visit to PR, a month ago. Joel is one of the founder of No Barriers, an educational and adventure section in the page www.deafnation.com , and he was visiting our island to promotes an expo in PR on the deaf culture, education, services and opportunities. He contact us thru our good friend Luis Acevedo of www.airelibrepr.com , they were looking for different activities for brothers like him can share and do in PR. Our expirience was one of a kind and a first class experience, been so quiet in talking but so open in learning so much, for Guiro and me (Jorge) was really great. There was another Jorge on the tour , he was the interpreter for their trip and works for Gracias VRS, part of the sponsors of Joel visit to the island, thanks too. The lessons are in our heart, thanks to Joel Barish for coming with us and to every body in the world thats helps human beings...Jorge from the batey in Utuado, PR.

Ecotourism and Nature adventure in Puerto Rico

2009-01-16T06:48:00.000-08:00

Hi to all nature lovers and outdoor adventurers from all over the world:
We want to let visitors know a little bit about us. We live in the tropical forest of Puerto Rico ( 5 minutes away from the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park ) and we call our land "Batey del Cemí". In this land and facilities is were our family business " Batey Zipline Adventure" takes place; promoting Ecotourism and Nature Adventures as a sustainable way of living. Is in these same facilities (30 acres) where 8 years ago we started the tours with the local company Acampa Nature Adventures offering the "Organic Tanamá Adventure", till these days. Since 2001 we have been working in a Sustainable and Holistic way of living; going from Organic gardening, self sufficient home construction, solar power, spring water, home made composting toilets and more. We have been preparing the land for the present and for the future, learning how to use our natural resources to the maximum and at the same time protecting them. By 2006 we started to receive local visitors on tours by our own and 2 years later we started advertising our place as Batey Zipline Adventure. So if you are looking for a culture and educative tour combined with nature adventure like zipline or canopy , caving and rappelling this is the place and the space... Come and enjoy the beauties of Puerto Rico at Utuado with Batey Zipline Adventure!

Sharing expirience...

2009-01-11T17:53:00.000-08:00

“Thrilling eco-adventure”Batey Zipline Adventureheavenlyjane AtlantaJan 6, 2009 1/1 found this review helpfulThis was one of the best days of our 15-day road trip around Puerto Rico. Batey Zipline Adventure included a succession of thrills, starting with the hair-raising bouncing truck ride away from civilization into the heart of the remote NW karst region. We ended up many miles away from civilization at the edge of the wild Rio Tanamá. Leaving the truck, we trekked one-by-one over a well-built but swaying pedestrian suspension bridge across the wild Rio Tanamá. On the other side, we climbed to Jorge’s off-the-grid organic farm, El Batey del Cemi, where we munched apple-flavored bananas and haltered up for the next batch of adventures. Six zip lines across canyons, the river, from tree to tree. In between, we rappelled down a 70-ft cliff, a new for experience for us.
Finally we hopped into a boat and relaxed while our guides paddled us up the lively Rio Tanamá. Here the landscape is surreal with immense striated boulders planted in the middle of the riverbed, remains of an ancient cave ceiling that had collapsed. Soon the river disappeared underground into a cave. As we floated through it, we could see squirming fuzzy bats on the high ceiling. us. At the other side, we felt like we were in a primordial place. After swimming for a while and drinking from a nearby spring, we floated back through the cave to where we started. Our 4-hour adventure ended with another heart-stopping truck ride back to our car.
The facility at Batey is used by all the other ecoadventure companies, such as Acampo, Ecoquest and Adventuras but we saved $160 ($40 apiece) because we didn't have the organic lunch and drove ourselves to the end of the pavement rather than being met in San Juan. We were staying nearby in Utuado so this was preferable. Our 4-hour adventure cost us $109 apiece. We felt like we were given an excellent value. It happened to be our teenage daughter’s birthday and she declared it her best birthday yet.
Batey is just down the road from the Caguana's Ceremonial Indigenous Park so we included a stop there in our day. It was a nice addition because Jorge spoke a lot about the local Taino’s in the tour.
Recommend without reservation! We felt we had been taken to a truly magical place. Gracias Jorge!