PRIVATE GUIDANCE

REACH YOUR NEXT GOAL WITH OUR PRIVATE GUIDANCE TAILORED TO YOU

PRIVATE GUIDANCE

Private tuition is available in Costa Rica from $250 a day or Iquique on request.

For those wanting 1-to-1 tuition or who have a specific goal to reach, our private guidance will get you there with your own personalised syllabus. Zion offers his unique expertise of in-air guidance, flying with you and guiding you in the right direction to improve in all the places you want.

All private guidance is bookable per day for as many days as you like based on availability.

Our private guidance is not designed for complete beginners. If you are interested in private beginner lessons please get in touch to enquire directly. Prices start from $3400 for private beginner courses.

Your Instuctor

Meet Zion, your instructor of 8-Years who will be guiding you in the air and on the ground as you learn to fly in the beautiful South Pacific coast of Costa Rica

ZION SUSANNO

Owner and Founder of Zion Paragliding, APPI Paragliding Instructor and APPI Pro Tandem Instructor

XC and Paragliding World Cup Pilot

  • Zion has been flying since the age of 15, giving him a total of 12 years flying, over 10,000 flying hours and has flown with more than 2000 passengers in tandem. Zion is a qualified instructor through APPI, which offers the highest standard of instructor training international. As an instructor and a Costa Rican, you are in the best hands when it comes to local flying knowledge combined with expertise for teaching and in-air guidance. Outside of teaching and flying tandems, Zion enjoys XC paragliding, competing and hike and fly missions - what can we say except the guy loves to fly and that’s why he’s the World record holder for the fastest ground speed on a paraglider, and longest distance and triangle in Central America.

  • Owner and founder of Zion Paragliding

    APPI Paragliding Instructor

    APPI Pro Tandem Instructor

    Number 1 ranked pilot in Costa Rica

    First Aider

    Bilingual in Spanish and English

    Second to none local knowledge of flying sites and weather

Private Guidance Details

What’s Included

  • Personalised syllabus - Zion creates an outline of the syllabus based on your goals before arrival and after initial observations it can be fine-tuned to you.

  • In air guidance through out the flight

  • Theory lessons on techniques suitable to your goals such as thermalling technique, competition flying

  • Transport to take-off from the meeting point for as many flights as each day allows.

  • Pick up from the LZ or retrieve if landing out

  • Ground handling for those in need of guidance and improvement

  • Snacks and water throughout the day

What You Need

  • IPPI ParaPro 2 Paragliding Certification or international equivalent such as USHPA P2

  • Paragliding Equipment

    • Certified paraglider

    • Certified harness

    • Reserve parachute

    • Helmet

    • Unlocked dual-band VHF radio – we recommend the Yaesu FT-270 or FT-65R.

  • Ability to confidently take off and land on your own.

  • Basic fitness level – ability to sustain a 15-minute power walk

  • For Costa Rica: cool clothes with suitable sun protection for long exposure to the sun

  • For Iquique: warm clothes – you will feel the cold once you’ve thermalled to cloud base

  • Sun Screen

  • Sun Glasses

  • Gloves

  • Comfortable and sturdy shoes suitable for paragliding

  • Anything else that is usually in your paragliding kit

  • Travel insurance - find out more

Not Included

  • Accommodation

  • Travel to the destination for the private guiance

  • Insurance

LOCATIONS

Costa Rica and Iquique provide the perfect place to improve your flying and take it to the next level. With a variety of flying sites at our disposal in both locations, there’s possibility to practise different techniques and expand your knowledge base.

Costa Rica

The paragliding in Costa Rica offers the chance for improvement of all levels of pilots. The friendly thermals and mellow winds make it the perfect place for newer pilots to learn how to improve their thermalling. In contrast mountain flying in the dry season gives pilots hungry for XC the chance to fly triangles and rewarding distances in forgiving terrain with lots of landings.

With private guidance in Costa Rica you can be confident knowing Zion is your in-air guide, getting you closer to your goals, one thermal at a time

Iquique

Iquique is flyable 300 days a year making it an amazing destination for pilots looking to get in as much flying as possible. Zion Paragliding offers private guidance here in the months of September and October when we visit for our annual beginner course and Iquique Unlimited Tour.

Around those dates, Zion is available to give private tuition to pilots who are serious about flying all day long. The long days of flying here make it possible to improve in a short space of time and the coastal ridge stretching over 400km is the perfect place to get your new PB with Zion supporting you the entire time.

Private Guidance with Zion

Enquire using the form below to arrange private guidance with Zion and your personalised syllabus