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Arenal Volcano La Fortuna (Costa Rica)

Description: The volcano is located in the province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. After being dormant for over 400 years an earthquake in ... more

Arenal Volcano La Fortuna (Costa Rica) ... 1968 arroused the volcano and has been active ever since.

Newest Review: ... of the town. Tours ranging from white water rafting to wildlife cruises depart daily (yep, including December 25th). You can book them at a number of places on the strip, and all seem to have roughly the same prices, which means you don't have to spend too much time shopping around. For the sort of things on offer, have a look at www.arenal.net/arenal-volcano-tour.htm but there's no need to ... more

... book in advance since most people book the day before, and that's what the agencies are geared towards. Booking before you arrive isn't even a guarantee your tour will run (unless you're a big group) since they need minimum numbers to operate. Tourist i...more

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Arenal Volcano La Fortuna (Costa Rica): The Fortunate Few (1846 words)
by - written on 05/01/09 (Very useful, 218 readings)
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La Fortuna is a town about 80 miles from the Costa Rican capital of San Jose. You can visit as a day trip, but many people chose to stay a night or two, to take advantage of the many activities on offer in the area. We spent 2 days and 2 nights there, having Christmas Eve afternoon, all day Christmas Day, and Boxing Day morning in the town. To be honest, anywhere where you have 30oC weather over Christmas is going to get a thumbs up from me, but we really did enjoy our time here. The trip from San Jose takes about 3 hours, but there are a number of interesting places to stop along the way. For example, we took a slight detour to Zarcero, to stretch our legs in ... Read the complete review

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