Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica's best-known stratovolcano, stands more than 5,000 feet high and appears to touch the clouds. For the latter half of the 20th century, admirers traveled to its base in ...

Costa Rica's beaches often get the spotlight from vacationers prioritizing pura vida, where the good life is served up in full at an accessible destination that still manages to feel exotic. However, ...

Carol Dimopoulos, the president of Learning Journeys Powered by Perillo, calls Sky Adventures "the Rolls Royce of Ziplining." I can't argue with that. I'm no expert, but I've ziplined a few times and ...

A three-hour drive from the Costa Rican capital stands the highly active Arenal Volcano, a lonely giant whose towering peak is usually crowned with wispy clouds. But on those rare occasions when the ...

There are dozens of trails in the region but hiking Arenal National Park on the lake side of the volcano offers the chance to lose oneself in nature. There are newly improved steps leading to viewing ...

LA FORTUNA, Alajuela – Over the last four decades, Arenal Volcano’s dramatic explosions and lava flows transformed the surrounding farmland in north-central Costa Rica into one of the country’s ...

Ever wanted to vacation in a rain forest? This new villa-rental service in Costa Rica can help you out. Arenal Hills, a vacation-home development company, recently unveiled its brand-new rental ...