Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica's best-known stratovolcano, stands more than 5,000 feet high and appears to touch the clouds.

Costa Rica's Arenal hot springs are fed by a real volcanic aquifer and range from world-class luxury resorts to a completely free thermal river. Here's how to find the right one for your trip and ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). “Time to fly,” Andrés Elizondo says, glancing back from astride his golden palomino. My dark-haired guide is just 25 years old and has ...

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 ...

Views of the Arenal Volcano from the gated community (Arenal Hills) The lush surroundings throughout the Arenal Hills community are the vision and creation of a team of architects, engineers and ...

Courtesy of Olger (“Koky”) Aragón V. LA FORTUNA, Alajuela — At an estimated 7,000 years old, Arenal is a volcano in diapers, dating from around the time agriculture developed in ancient Egypt. By ...