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The “Batey”, sacred space, place of celebrations and meetings where “Taíno” Indians interacted socially through the “ball game.” Batey Zipline Adventure (BZA) invites you to celebrate with nature the enjoyment of that sacred space where you will learn and have fun with us in a responsible and safe way.
Batey Zipline Adventure is a family company with over ten years of experience in Ecotourism. We are located at the “Angeles” ward of the Municipality of Utuado five minutes from the Caguana's Ceremonial Indigenous Park. For six years we have been combining the educational and nature adventures, like long interpretative walks, visits to Tanamá River, caves and caverns with adventures of more adrenaline like, rappelling (to go down a cliff in ropes) and zipline or canopy (tiroliano).
TOURS OVERVIEW AND RATES
Batey Classic Tour
This option is for those that want to do everything in a half day adventure.
Included: Visit a cave ( in the water if weather permits , or in the ground ) , a rappelling of approximately 70 feet of height, six different ziplines ( three of them over the Tanamá Rivera) and a long walk through interpretative paths for approximately 25- 45 minutes.
This adventure has duration of 4 1/2 hours approx. for groups of six (6) to eight (8) people.
Price of the Batey Classic Tour: $109.00 p/p (tax not included , and childrens till 12 years pay $65 plus tax)
Batey Zipline tour
This option is for those who want a good dose of adrenaline!.
Included: Eight different ziplines, with approximately 3,200 feet of pure cable.
This adventure has duration of 3 hours in groups of six (6) to twelve (12) people.
Price of the Batey Zipline Tour: $85.00 p/p (tax not included and children till 12 years pay $65.00 plus tax)
Batey Extended Tour
This adventure is an extended version of the Classic Half Day Tour; includes approximately one hour and a half of interpretative hikin. You will visit two caves (in and out of water), six different ziplines, rappelling of approx. 70 feet of height .
Price of the adventure:
$125.00 p/p (tax not included and childrens till 12 years pay $89.oo plus tax)
Minimum required are four persons in order to go out on a tour.
THINGS TO KNOW.....
Requirements of Participation
Batey Zipline Adventures are all outdoors inside a tropical forest. The places are rustic and steep places that require a good physical condition of the participants.
People with serious problems in the knees, back and heart should not take part in this adventure. Equally, pregnant women and people with fear of heights or with a bigger weight of 250lbs are not suitable.
We recommend that the participating children be 7 years old and older and be accompanied by an adult.
What you need for the Adventure?
It is recommended to use comfortable, light or sports clothing ; tennis shoes or closed sandals with good traction its a must.
Bring additional clothes to change after the adventure in case the participants bathe in the river.
Do not forget your camera, any munchie and a bottle of water.
How to get here...
BZA is located on road #111 , km. 13 aprox. , in the town of Utuado , central region.
COMING FROM THE NORTH...
If your coming by the North highway (#22), from SJ, Dorado or further, keep on till you find Arecibo exite 75 B. That exit take you to road #10 on route to Utuado ; in 20min. aproximatly you find a traffic light with the intersection with road #111 , so make a right toward the Caguana Indian Ceremonial Park , in 20min. more you find the Park at your left , so keep on going for about 40 seconds and you will find our sings at the right side in the entrance to a small rural road , go in all the way till the end of the road were our guides will be waiting .
COMING FROM THE WEST...
If you are coming from the west : Rincon , Aguadilla , or other area around , take road #111 by Aguada , an it will take you all the way to an intersection between road #134 with #111 in Utuado , once in the #111 again passing the first Texxaco gas station , 5 min. away find a bridge that will have advertising of BZA pointing you to the left , so make a first left after the bridge , an keep on going all the way to the end of the road were our guides will be watin for you.
COMING FROM NORTH-WEST...
If you are coming from Isabela , Quebradilla , or around take road #2 connecting with highway #22 , looking for the exit to road #129. Take #129 all the way to the "second intersection" of #129 with #134 , just after the "Texxas gas station", so make a left till the intersection with road #111. There make a left and after passing the Texaco Gas station , in 5 min. more , you will find a bridge with some advertizing of BZA , so make a left after the bridge and keep all the way to the end of it were our guides will be waiting for you.
COMING FROM THE SOUTH...
If you are coming from the south, have to reach road #10 in the Ponce highway and turn to the north (up hill) towards Adjuntas , once there keep on #10 to Utuado to find the intersection with #111, turning left to the Caguana Indian ceremonial Park. from the park is 40 sec. more were you see our advertizing up in an electric post pointin to turn to the right, all the way till the end of the road.
VERY IMPORTANT , coming from the west remember not to pass the Caguana Indian Ceremonial Park , its just 40 seconds before it , look for BZA advertizing on the side of the road ( #111 ).
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.
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.
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!
“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!
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