Open toed shoes ok on aerial tram excursion?

[ronaclea]

I'm trying to limit my luggage on our cruise so I was thinking of taking only 2 pair of shoes--dressy sandals and teva type walking sandals. The Veragua Rainforest aerial tram excursion looks like it includes a hike through the rain forest. Anyone know if there is a requirement for closed toe shoes? It wasn't mentioned in the excursion description on the HAL website. Can I assume I'll get by with my sandals?

Robin

[sunsetbeachgal]

Teva type sandals would be fine...the walking trails at Veragua are paved or gravel, and the short hike at the bottom of the aerial tram is not that long and on a trail.

[Lsimon]

I would not have felt as comfortable during the rain forest walk if I was wearing sandals. I'd wear full shoes - it is a little cooler there too.

 

Also, take along a lightweight rain jacket or poncho. They don't call it a rain forest for nothing, and buying a cheap plastic poncho there will set you back $10 or $15 each or something like that. It didn't rain much on us but we bought one there just in case, and it does rain at least lightly a little every few hours.

 

You might also want to take along some bug spray or insect repellant wipes. We didn't have any and while we didn't get bitten we were a little nervous when the guide sprayed himself.

 

This was a wonderful excursion - even more enjoyable than I thought it would be. A few photos:http://simon-pics.smugmug.com/Cruises/Constellation-March-2009-b2b/March-16th-2009-Sailing-All/7889855_RRT2s#511615759_faApY