Last Updated on April 19, 2020 by
Skydiving in Costa Brava sure as hell tops any other adventures I’ve had (from climbing an active volcano to swimming with nurse sharks and cliff-jumping). During the seven minutes of the jump, I experienced a whole series of adrenaline and emotions: energy powered through me during the initial 60 seconds of free-fall, which later transformed into awe-inspiring pleasure as the parachute was released.
Surprisingly, free-falling actually felt more like flying than the sensation of falling, which made skydiving much more enjoyable than bungee-jumping. Here’s a series of photos shot by my cameraman in the air – enjoy!
Above the green fields and mountains of Costa Brava
Screaming ‘hell yeah’ during free-fall
A video of fellow blogger John O’Nolan landing (with voice commentary by Keith Jenkins):
Skydive Empuriabrava
Empuriabrava is the largest marina in Costa Brava, the northeastern coast of Spain. As skydiving expert Santi Corella from Skydive Empuriabrava mentions, this is the only drop zone in the world that is close to a town/city. With easy access to restaurants and hotels, Empuriabrava makes for an excellent spot to try out skydiving.
This experience was made possible by Skydiving Empuriabrava, Costa Brava Tourism Board and Tourism Spain but all opinions are my own. Read more about my travels in Costa Brava here or follow me on Twitter with the #InCostaBrava hashtag.
Looks like one hell of an experience you guys had.
Anja, good to see you here! Skydiving was definitely nothing like I'd imagined – you absolutely need to try it the next time you get the chance. ;)
I am afraid of rollercoaster, but i will definitely try sky diving!
haha! No seriously, it really wasn't as scary as bungee-jumping or canyoning. You only get the falling sensation for a few seconds but the force of the wind almost feels like a support and the feeling you get is just pure adrenaline!
Congratulations that is something I just wouldn't do because that is pooh pooh pants territory for me. Personally I'd be happy to go 300km/hr in a car on the ground but not falling out of a plane.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It looks intense. We all should try this once. guys well done you done great adventure trip.