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Arenal Observatory Lodge
Arenal Area
North by Northwest
Costa Rica
506/257-9489
Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: ₡ 81 - ₡ 200
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North by Northwest
Costa Rica
506/257-9489
Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: ₡ 81 - ₡ 200
Comments ( 0 )
Rating (0 Votes)
On your way around the volcano to the lake, turn left for the National Park and Arenal Observatory Lodge, a former farm on the base of the volcano. It was converted into a lodge in 1973 for the volcanologists from the Smithsonian Institution.
This well-known hotel, which has a close, bird’s-eye view of Arenal, is protected from a lava flow by the Agua Caliente River gorge. Located within the national park and bordering the Monteverde Cloud Forest, it’s no surprise that the lodge received a “Four Leaf” rating from Costa Rica’s sustainable tourism certification program.
The lodge owner, William Aspinall, former director of Monteverde, has instituted a new three-day hike through the rainforest to Monteverde. The lava flow at night no longer faces this side of the mountain, but you get to see daytime eruptions.
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