Hiking Tours La Fortuna: explore some of Costa Rica’s most beautiful landscapes, forests, jungles, waterfalls, blue rivers, Caves, and Arenal Volcanoes.
PACR offers hiking tours only with certified naturalist guides who bring years of experience, passion, and respect for Costa Rica and its Pura Vida. Tours range in intensity and are available for people of all ages. We conduct a proper assessment to ensure visitors' safety. Good physical condition is required for most of the hikes offered.
Costa Rica's Most Famous Volcano
Arenal Volcano is an active andesitic stratovolcano in northwestern Costa Rica. It measures at least 1,633 m and is conically shaped, with a crater spanning 140 m.
Geologically, Arenal Volcano is considered young and is estimated to be less than 7,000 years old. The volcano was dormant for hundreds of years and exhibited a single crater at its summit, with minor fumarole activity, covered by dense vegetation. In 1968, it erupted unexpectedly.
The eruption created three more craters on the western flanks, but only one remains today. Since October 2010, Arenal's volcanic activity has decreased, and explosions have become rare. Arenal Volcano was Costa Rica's most active volcano until 2010 and one of the world's ten most active volcanoes.
Seismologists have studied it for many years. Although the activity is less damaging now, you can still see ash columns and underground rumbling. Its perfect conical shape offers breathtaking views of volcanic activity from the summit.
Arenal Volcano Tour (Observatory Lodge) Easy
One of the closest views of Arenal Volcano and Lake Arenal, the observatory point is a platform on the mountain surrounded by Tropical gardens; in this area, there are small suspension bridges, a museum, and a waterfall.
The observatory lodge's property is home to various plants and wildlife. The afternoon tour offers an incredible sunset over Lake Arenal and the Monteverde mountain ranges.
The pre-1968 summit of Arenal forms the peak to the left. Eruptions from four craters on the west flank extending from the summit to 1100 m on the middle western flank constructed the fresh, UN-vegetated cone seen on the right and a lava-flow field on the lower western flank. The volcano is the centerpiece of Arenal National Park. Arenal towers above forests along the Rio Agua Caliente on the volcano's WSW side. The 12,016-hectare Volcan Arenal National Park lies within the 204,000-hectare Arenal Conservation Area, which protects eight of Costa Rica’s 12 biological life zones and includes 16 protected reserves in the region between the Guanacaste and Tilaran mountain ranges.
Volcano Tour (Lava Fields, 1968) Moderate
A real walk in the rain forest in a conservation area, crossing rivers to reach Arenal Volcano’s Lava fields from 1968, 1993, and most recently 2010, when the volcano went into another snooze.
*The lava field terrain can be challenging but well worth the effort.
Time: 8 AM or 2:30 PM, Duration: 3 hours
Pricing: $69 for adults; children ages 4 - 11: $35 USD; children 0-3 are free
Includes: transportation, Entrance fee, bilingual guide, and 2 hours in the lava fields.
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The margins of a pyroclastic-flow deposit from Arenal's 1993 eruption. In addition to the devastating pyroclastic flows accompanying the start of the eruption in July 1968, periods of primary pyroclastic-flow emission took place in 1975, 1987, 1993, and 1998.
Blue River, Rio Celeste, Full Day Guided hiking tour (advanced)
It is a two-hour drive to the entrance of Tenorio National Park. The guide shares information on Costa Rican history, culture, and lifestyle. You will also stop at a giant Cedar Tree.
The hike is 7 km through the tropical rainforest until reaching the Blue River. The hike continues upriver to the sky-blue waterfall, then further down the river, past calm lagoons, and finally to the source that gives the river its color. Scientific findings suggest the river's color comes from a chemical reaction between thermal steam rising from below the riverbed and calcium carbonate flowing into the river from a small stream.
Details: Time: 8 AM - 3:30 pm
Pricing: $124 for adults, $93 for children ages (5 - 11)
Includes: transportation, Ceiba Tree, National Park fee, bilingual guide, 4.5-hour hike, and Lunch.
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The awe-inspiring Rio Celeste (Light Blue River) is blue because sulfur from the volcano mixes with rainwater and precipitates as calcium carbonate. Thermal springs, small geysers, rivers, waterfalls, lagoons, and panoramic views dot the area. Primary cloud forests dominate the upper area of the park, while the lower regions are carpeted with rainforest. The Tapir and the rarely seen puma live in the area.
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