Lake Arenal La Fortuna

Aftre sleeping in a bit, the best men met up at Josh's room and then headed down to the restaurant at the resort for an early lunch. Josh was treating the guys to a day of Stand-Up Paddleboarding on Lake Arenal. The excursion van picked us up and drove us to the lake edge where we tossed the boards out on the water and headed out. It was my first …

Entry containing 15 photos titled: the hotel grounds, our beautiful home in CR, balcony & our view, wine bar, the pool we never used, Chato Hill hike, flowers, hike up Arenal, Sky Trek and Tram, Eco Termales Hot Springs, beautiful view, ziplining thru the rainforests of Costa Rica

If you want to experience the beauty wilderness in Costa Rica, then consider exploring Arenal Volcano National Park. It is situated between Tilarán Mountain Range and the San Carlos low lands in the northwestern part of Costa Rica. The wildlife reserve covers area 12.000 hectares, 400 and 1755 over sea level.

Arenal Volcano National Park …

We got up early 6:15am, took our bags outside to organize so we wouldn't disturb the others. That's one thing that drives me crazy is someone diggning through their bags really early or really late. The plastic bags crinkling or the zippers.

We really wanted espresso coffee and we saw some shops. So, I stood waiting for our pickup and …

After our early morning departure from San Jose, we set out for La Fortuna and the Arenal volcano. We stopped along the way for our first adventure- rafting the rapids of the Rio Sarapiqui. The rapids were class IV, but thanks to our amazing teamwork (and some helpful maneuvering and lessons from our Tico rafting guide), we managed to not capsize …

Our drive from La Fortuna to Monteverde was adventurous and down right ROUGH!. We departed La Fortuna and traveled to Lake Arenal. From there, we boarded a boat, crossed the lake and began our rough ride through the mountain range. The locals call it a Costa Rican massage, in total we had a 4 hrs of it. I now understand the "overland driving …

We've been in Costa Rica for a week or so now and it's warm, stormy, expensive and really really beautiful. Despite being in this tropical paradise, finding a place to watch the European Cup qualifiers has overruled all other activity. Paul's just managed to persuade the hotel owner to open the bar early for the England game so I thought i'd do a …

The small town of La Fortuna is the gateway to Lake Arenal as well as Volcano Arenal (1633 meters), one of the most active volcanos in the Western Hemisphere. The place is booming with tourists, most of them here to watch the spectacular lava flow down ...

... , the fog cleared and the Arenal Volcano was all ours for the viewing and picture taking. We also drove towards lake Arenal, located a short distance away and enjoyed a delicious drink of coconut water right in the shell! While pulling away ...

...  of the top of the volcano.  First off we did a shortish hike up to a mirador to see the volcano and Lake Arenal.     This was through a bit of jungle but sadly we didn´t see too much wildlife just lots of plants and ...

... and efficiently and cattle farming seems to be a major part of agriculture in this region and throughout Costa Rica. Now I am in La Fortuna which is a very touristy place with tour operators in every corner and hawkers swarming around the bus ...

Happy Monday!! Well, I spent this past weekend in the town of La Fortuna at the foot of Volcán Arenal. I was traveling with 7 other volunteers that are staying in San Ramón and the neighboring town. The weather was beautiful and we had a pretty nice ...

... my first adventure in which I have no plan or don't know what I'm doing.  As we were driving to La Fortuna and Vulcan Arenal, I was talking with Victor and learning about the land (solamente en espanoll).  I was asking about the different trees ...

... a lot of sputtering and spitting. Once again we boarded a shuttle bus and head off for La Fortuna, a town at the base of the large active Arenal Volcano. Our hotel, Orulma, was a pleasant, clean one right in the heart of the town ...

... Namely a bat and two birds. Given my good luck so far with bugs, I guess I can't complain right? La Fortuna's best feature is the active Arenal Volcano, towering above the town in all its fiery glory. Unfortunately, we only caught passing glimpses of ...

A very bumpy ride from Monteverde had us at the shore of Lake Arenal.  An artificial lake from a hydro-electric dam, it couldn't be in a better location. Crossing it on the ferry, the active Volcan Arenal looms in front of you and lush vegetation ...

... the base of the volcano. En route to La Fortuna, the driver of our shuttle asked us if we wanted to stop for coffee near Lake Arenal. The coffee was amazing and we had the company of a sweet orange cat while we looked out over the lake. Jose asked ...