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Month: August 2017

Arenal volcano

The Arenal volcano, 7km from the town of La Fortuna, is a natural wonder whose highest point is 1,648 metres above sea level. Its silhouette forms an almost perfect cone. Arenal is Costa Rica's youngest volcano, but also one of its most active. Since 2010, however, it has entered a phase of rest. When you visit Arenal National Park, you'll be able to see the traces of lava flows from some of the volcano's most important eruptions, such as the one in 1968, which marked the start of a very intense period of activity involving avalanches...

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