We visited Costa Rica´s best active volcano – Arenal – and stayed at the Smithsonian-financed Arenal Observatory Lodge. The lodge was originally built as a research facility after the volcano became active on July 29, 1968. It’s been open to visitors as well for the past ten or 20 years. It’s located in the park, about 1.7 miles (3ks or so) from the peak.
We had a great time at the lodge! We hiked around the grounds and down to the waterfall (see the photos for what we saw). The rooms were good and the meals were great! We also saw lake arenal (see photos) and the clouds parted enough for us to see steam rising from the lava rivers coming down the volcano (and you guessed it, there is a photo of that too)!
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