Blogs from Arenal, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 3

AUTOPISTA. ¿WHAT AUTOPISTA? 7h45. Nos despertamos por el estruendo que hacen los pájaros de la finca. Tras una noche de sueño intermitente, pero reparadora, estamos listos para emprender nuestra aventura costarricense. Nos vestimos a toda prisa, muertos de hambre pese a las seis comidas que habíamos hecho el día anterior. En la terrazita del desayuno, allí están Justin y Amanda, desayunando. Nos unimos a ellos, ansiosos de tomar nuestra primera taza de café local. Tostadas, mermelada, zumo de naranja, fruta tropical cortadita y café es nuestro primer desayuno. El café está hecho en una cafetera eléctrica normalita y está un pelín aguado, aún así, muy sabroso. Justin y Amanda se van a La Fortuna, un pueblo cerca del volcán Arenal. Preguntamos a nuestros huéspedes por recomendaciones de itinerario. El volcan Arenal es una buena primera ... read more

We are safely at the Arenal volcano observatory where the food is excellent. The volcano is making a fair bit of noise but no lava visible, just rocks tumbling down and big puffs of smoke. In the mornings we can hear the howler monkeys in the jungle. Today we hiked down a gorge to the foot of a 70 metre waterfall and swam in the river, which was very cold. The rain was quite heavy but warmed us back up again. We went out to lunch in La Fortuna, then in the afternoon hiked through the cloud forest up to the old lava flow, Saw lots of birds and some very pretty orchids, also some very large golden orb spiders. Mrs P and Charlotte claimed the sight of the day however, as they saw a rare ... read more

La Fortuna and the invisible volcano… After two wonderful nights in Monteverde we set of around 8 in the morning heading for a small town nestled at the base of Arenal volcano called La Fortuna. I have to mention the fantastic drive down the mountains as we approached Lake Arenal; possibly one of the most impressive drives I’ve ever been on. Unfortunately, due to excessive alcohol intake the night before, many of the other people on the tour didn’t appreciate the winding decent from Monteverde and were more concerned with not vomiting on each other in the back of the mii-bus, much to my amusement! Once we arrived at the western shore of the lake we boarded a small boat to take us across the lake, saving us about 3 hours of road time. Crossing the ... read more

We left Monteverde for Arenal and the city of La Fortuna. We did the jeep-boat-jeep transfer which takes about 2 1/2 hours. It is about hour on a gravel road, 30 minutes on Lake Arenal, which was very pleasant, and then by a relatively good road to La Fortuna. This was much better than the alternative which is 4 hours on a bumpy gravel road. After Santa Elena, we feel like we are in the big city with a population of 8,000. It is also much warmer than Monteverde with pineapple and orange orchards and a lot of agriculture. However, its primary industry is tourism due to Arenal Volcano, hot springs and adventure. Arenal Volcano is the most active volcano in Costa Rica and on clear day you can see the lava and smoke. Of course, ... read more

Arenal volcano was part of the 8 world's woNder selections, together the coco island. Arenal is beautiful place, mountain region, excellent to relax ,. breath fresh air and the most atractive, SPRING WATERS AND SPA!!!! I can say this is one of my favorite places, after conchal beach , arenal is the second best in my list of places to visit every year. You can find lot of hotels and boungalows to stay , with the beautiful Arenal volcano landscape.I dont use to make differences or suggest places to be , but if you want to spend a magical wonderful staying,. pls check the next hotels: Arenal resort and spa (5 stars) and Arenal kioro hotel (5 stars). Both of them have very beautiful spaces with natural spring waters from the river,as i said before, the ... read more