Looking to take something home from your trip to La Fortuna that isn’t a mass produced knick-knack with “Costa Rica” painted on it? Want to support a local artist? I can help you with that! Now I might be a…
Arenal Observatory Lodge
This article has taken me way too long to post; hiking at the Arenal Observatory Lodge is actually one of my go-to activities for entertaining visitors when I have family or friends visiting. The trails are great for a casual…
GeoCaching in Costa Rica
GeoCaching for those of you not familiar is a great, affordable (free) way to really explore an area and get off the beaten track. The basic premise is that users plant “caches” (usually small containers with a log book) and…
White Water Rafting
In Costa Rica you can fly through the air in a canopy tour or hike through scores of different parks and trails. However among the most enjoyable activities in Costa Rica is going white water rafting. Costa Rica is blessed…
Zip-line and Canopy Tours
Since the dawn of time humans have dreamed of taking to the sky. For those of us living in the modern world it’s hard to grasp a world without airplanes, yet long before the Wright brothers famous flights at Kitty…
El Salto (Free Swimming Hole)
The weather in La Fortuna typically ranges from mildly warm (on overcast rainy days) to sauna like temperatures during the months of March and April. With that kind of heat cooling off isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. Air conditioning…
Cerro Chato
The La Fortuna area offers countless hiking adventures, and beautiful scenery to go with them. Be it the dazzling La Fortuna waterfall, the mysterious changing colors of Río Celeste, the heights of the Hanging Bridges, or the breathtaking views of Arenal…
Arenal Volcano
Arenal by Tyler Wenzel A sleeping giant looms over the town Stirring at times with steam as her crown How long shall she slumber? Who can say? To sleep and awake for both people pray For tourists the world over she is…
El Chollín (Free Hot Springs)
The paid hot springs in the La Fortuna area are a great place to spend an afternoon, but if you want to just relax your muscles on the cheap after a long day of hiking El Chollín is the place…
Hot Springs
Ask a Tico the first thing that pops into their mind when you say La Fortuna and the answer is very likely to be “las aguas termales” or hot springs. Although Arenal Volcano has long been the tourist draw to…