Poas Volcano National Park, Costa Rica

... gets some kind of commission for taking us there because a majority of the people bought so much coffee. After that we headed to Poas Volcano. Since we were at such a high altitude it was suprisingly chilly. We had to hike 15 minutes on a well paved ...

... miles north of San Jose. Heading out of San Jose we started to ascend the mountainous terrain of the park itself. On most of the ascents in Costa Rica you will find coffee plantations (what with being Costa Rica's biggest export) and on our journey up ...

Up early to take a day trip out of San Jose up to Volcan Poas which is supposedly the most visited national park in Costa Rica. It takes about two hours or so to get there from San Jose by local bus via a nearby town called Alajuela and ...

Did not get to the volcano, instead opted to go the La Paz Waterfalls. It was beautiful and had a great time. The garden was amazing with wildl life. Now, I personally thought it should be called a natural zoo but its a gardent. Had lunch at the ...