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Adventure Inn
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An excellent and convenient central Costa Rican location between San Jose and the airport, do...
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Costa Rica: Nature & Wildlife
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Arenal National Park
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The Arenal active volcano is the most impressive aspect of the park. It is regarded as one of the world's most active volcanoes. Its lava flows and eruptions have been constant. The 12,016-hectare “Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal” lies within the 204,000-hectare Arenal Conservation Area. The park has two volcanoes: Chato, whose collapsed crater contains an emerald lagoon surrounded by forest, and the perfectly conical Arenal. The park is most directly accessed from La Fortuna, but is also easily accessed via Tilarán and the north shore of Lake Arenal. A joint project involving the Canadian International Development Agency and World Wildlife Fund of Canada is helping local communities to protect buffer zones where the land is under siege by drawing them into ecotourism.
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