There are always surprises while bird watching in Costa Rica

There are always surprises while bird watching in Costa Rica

After many years of leading bird watching tours in Costa Rica, it is always exciting for an experienced guide to see something new. Recently, on an early morning bird watching tour in the forest gardens at Arenal Observatory Lodge, naturalist guide Cristian Campos saw...
How the eruption of Arenal Volcano changed everything

How the eruption of Arenal Volcano changed everything

Forty-eight years ago, the quiet agricultural community of Arenal, Costa Rica lived peacefully raising cattle and farming around the rainforest-covered, cone-shaped mountain called Cerro Arenal. Life had been tranquil like this for nearly 500 years. No one expected on...
Costa Rica’s Private Nature Reserves are vital to conservation

Costa Rica’s Private Nature Reserves are vital to conservation

Millions of visitors come to Costa Rica every year to see and experience its spectacular nature. From rainforests to cloud forests, volcanoes and mountains to beaches and lush jungle, Costa Rica deserves its fame for amazing natural resources. In addition to Costa...
The place to be for amazing views of Arenal Volcano and Lake

The place to be for amazing views of Arenal Volcano and Lake

When the fresh pink glow of sunrise creeps up the side of Arenal Volcano and stretches over the forest treetops, there is no better place to be than on the large open deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge & Trails. And when the sun sinks low over beautiful Lake Arenal,...
Hand painted murals – Rebeca Fernandez

Hand painted murals – Rebeca Fernandez

Painter and ceramist, Costa Rican artist Rebeca Fernandez Zeledón was born in 1967. With studies in Fine Arts at the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Universidad Autónoma de Centro América, she obtained an specialization degree in ceramic in the italian city of...
40 Years of Eruption, The Arenal Volcano

40 Years of Eruption, The Arenal Volcano

This is a summary of the major eruptions of Arenal Volcano between July 29, 1968 and 2008 (Source: La Nación Newspaper) “Currently the volcano is in a resting period with very little activity” July 29, 1968   At 7:30 am a violent eruption occurred causing the death of...