La Fortuna — tid och väder

Sevärdheter och historiska platser

• Arenal Volcano and its national park: lava fields, trails and the panorama of an almost perfect cone rising 1,670 m.
• La Fortuna Waterfall — a 70-metre cascade in the jungle reached by about 500 steps, with a swimmable pool at the bottom.
• Mistico Hanging Bridges — a rainforest walk with 16 bridges at different levels of the forest canopy.
• The Tabacón hot springs and the less touristy free springs by the river — a natural thermal wind-down for the evening.

Museer

• Eco-Centro Danaus — a small private wildlife reserve and open-air museum with a butterfly farm, frogs and educational trails.
• Sloth gardens and the «Mi Cafecito» project — an ethno-museum coffee and cocoa farm with tours about traditional farming life.
• Arenal Observatory Lodge — a former seismic station turned into a small museum with rooms dedicated to the volcano and its eruptions.

Var man kan umgås

• A soak in open-air thermal pools after a packed day in the jungle.
• Rafting or kayaking on the Balsa River with difficulty levels ranging from family-friendly to expert.
• A canopy tour by ropeways and zip-lines over the rainforest canopy with views of Arenal.

Lokal mat

Try a local casado at one of the roadside «sodas» on the way to the waterfall — that is where the guides themselves often stop after tours.