Volcan Poas San Jose

37 KM North of San Jose, San Jose , Province of San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    203 reviews 15 travel blogs 19 photos

    Attraction Type:

    National park, Volcano

    Popularity

    8of 39 attractions in San Jose

TravelPod Member ReviewsVolcan Poas San Jose

  • Cool

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    sdtraveler83 0 contribution San Diego, CA, United States Mar 25, 2011

    We got to the volcano in the morning, and there were hardly any clouds, which made it great to view the interior of the crater. After spending time looking at the crater and smoke billowing from it, we hiked to Botas Lagoon, which was a nice easy hike, and a beautiful lake.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Volcan Poas San Jose

  • 1

    Day 15

    18 photos

    Buenos Dias!

    Last night we all went out as a group on last time as all but 3 students (Chicago-Roseland Franklin Med students) are staying. The University of Kentucky students need to head back to school to start their 2nd/3rd year of med school. We went to "El Pueblo." It's an enclosed area of all different kinds of bars/restaurants/shops …

  • 2

    There's a volcano behind all those clouds...really

    5 photos

    We arrived into San Jose at about 9pm and from there the plan was to get a bus to the nearby town of Heredia.

    Well in our opinion San Jose is not very nice, so instead of getting a bus we jumped in a cab and got ourselves right out of there, however Heredia wasn't up to much either, it definitely wasn't what we were expecting!

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    No Sloths at the Holiday Inn

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  • 2

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    ... and was just gorgeous at night), and also got to go on their 4-in-1 tour on their last day here. We saw a coffee plantation, Volcan Poas, the La Paz Waterfall, and went on a boat trip down the Saripiqui river. We actually got to see a little crocodile ...

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  • 4

    tico time

    ... Well there you have it. My time is running out and I don't have much to say anyway. Tomorrow we'll be heading to the nearby Volcan Poas, which is an active volcano and should be very cool, and then we'll be kicking this city krap once and for all cos ...

  • 5

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  • 7

    Making the most of my last two days.

    ... coincidence! By this stage I'd lost count! The next day I joined a small day tour taking in four sites around San Jose. The first was Volcan Poas, and by the time we reached the summit, the clouds had parted so I could peer into the amazing crater. ...

  • 8

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    ... ) for a class field trip to a coffee plantation, so two girls put up a notice saying that they were going to stay in San Jose and then go to Volcan Poas on Saturday, and did anyone want to come. Well, I've had a lot of beach time and I thought it would ...

  • 9

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    ... bearings even with Mr GPS but soon we were off and heading up a significant zig zag adventure into the outskirts of San Jose. Parque Nacional Volcan Poas was only about 60 km or so outside of San Jose however when you combine narrow roads, big trucks, ...

  • 10

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