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Things To Do: Arenal Volcano
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  • Written by SumTingWong on May 18, 2003
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    • Fortuna - Volcan Arenal
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    • If you go to Fortuna you must see the Arenal Volcano. The town was made around the volcano, and almost everything dealing with tourist revolves around the volcano. It is very active and at night be sure to look up and some red lava chunks falling out of the rim, looks like fireworks. During the day head over to the Volcan Arenal Parque National and take a hike around the base of the volcano. Be sure to be very quiet and you can hear the rumbeling of the volcano. Also about every three minutes a car-sized chunk of lava falls from the rim and tumbels down the side of the volcano, it appears like a falling cloud down the volcano during the day and a firework at night. Really awesome!

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    Things To Do: Arenal Volcano (2)
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    • If you go to Fortuna you must see the Arenal Volcano. The town was made around the volcano, and almost everything dealing with tourist revolves around the volcano. It is very active and at night be sure to look up and some red lava chunks falling out of the rim, looks like fireworks. During the day head over to the Volcan Arenal Parque National and take a hike around the base of the volcano. Be sure to be very quiet and you can hear the rumbeling of the volcano. Also about every three minutes a car-sized chunk of lava falls from the rim and tumbels down the side of the volcano, it appears like a falling cloud down the volcano during the day and a firework at night. Really awesome!

    I guided tour of the national park is extremely informative and interesting. My guide, Frank, told me many interesting things about Arenal. The last time Arenal erupted was in 1968, and wiped out the entire town under it. If you, or your guide, has binoculars, bring them so you can see the lava comming out of the rim to the volcano.

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    Things To Do: Arenal Volcano (3)
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    • If you go to Fortuna you must see the Arenal Volcano. The town was made around the volcano, and almost everything dealing with tourist revolves around the volcano. It is very active and at night be sure to look up and some red lava chunks falling out of the rim, looks like fireworks. During the day head over to the Volcan Arenal Parque National and take a hike around the base of the volcano. Be sure to be very quiet and you can hear the rumbeling of the volcano. Also about every three minutes a car-sized chunk of lava falls from the rim and tumbels down the side of the volcano, it appears like a falling cloud down the volcano during the day and a firework at night. Really awesome!

    The hike around the national park is very interesting! Go for ot!!

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    Things To Do: Arenal Volcano (4)
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    • If you go to Fortuna you must see the Arenal Volcano. The town was made around the volcano, and almost everything dealing with tourist revolves around the volcano. It is very active and at night be sure to look up and some red lava chunks falling out of the rim, looks like fireworks. During the day head over to the Volcan Arenal Parque National and take a hike around the base of the volcano. Be sure to be very quiet and you can hear the rumbeling of the volcano. Also about every three minutes a car-sized chunk of lava falls from the rim and tumbels down the side of the volcano, it appears like a falling cloud down the volcano during the day and a firework at night. Really awesome!

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    Things To Do: Arenal Lake
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    • The lake next to the Arenal Volcano is a nice area to just relax and think. Easily accessable from the national park, the lake is just a nice place to sit. The sunsets over the lake are great, so make sure to have a camera.

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    Things To Do: La Fortuna and Surrounding Towns
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    • La Fortuna and some of the surrounding towns are worth a visit too. Here you can go to the plaza, go to some of the shops and find some good restaurants. There are some good photography oppertunities, and it is just a good way to see how the local people of the area live.

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    Njutning Tue Oct 3, 2006 12:26 UTC
     Rasberry in Spanish is frambuesa, Mora means blackbarry or cloudbarry, but beeing in Costa Rica I guess they refer to the first;)    		prleprle Sun Feb 29, 2004 14:10 UTC
     Great nature... wonderfull colours and landscape.
    TempNomad Tue Dec 9, 2003 22:45 UTC
     Great info about La Fortuna and Arenal. I didn't really enjoy my visit there, but the town was an interesting place to meet the locals and hear their opinions of tourists! We had fog covering the volcano the entire time! :(    		vesna04 Sat Sep 20, 2003 13:34 UTC
     well presented.
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