This excursion is provided by Swiss Travel Service
The spectacular Arenal Volcano National Park lies in the northern highlands of Costa Rica only a few minutes from most of the hotels in the area. This volcano produced a big explosion in 1968 and kept active for almost 42 years with small daily eruptions and lava flows. Nowadays, it is still an active volcano, but no longer erupting lava. Tourists from all over the world has visited this National Park and have been enchanted with it’s perfect conic shape. In this hike, you will enjoy the most extraordinary views of this impressive landmark while hiking along the volcano’s skirts and little portions of green vegetation. At the arranged time, a professional naturalistic guide will be waiting for you at the lobby of your selected hotel and transfer you in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle for an average of 20-40 minutes to the Arenal Lake Dam, where a boat will lead you to the other side of the lake in a short boat ride of 15 minutes.
You will arrive to the entrance of La Peninsula area, one of the most recent national park trails, where you will hike for around one hour enjoying amazing views of the Arenal Lake and fantastic lookouts. The tour continues to another section of the national park known as “Coladas Trail” one of the areas destroyed by the lava flows but now has entered into a regeneration process, allowing you the possibility to observe the wildlife that hides among the vegetation. The tour guide will share with you important information about the geology, the volcano history and nature around you. Within the trails, you will observe the wide variety of flora and fauna existing in the area. This tour will simply amaze you.
