A good reason to visit Costa Rica's Volcanos other than their beauty is they are a wonderful place for white water rafting, sport fishing, swimming, boating, kayaking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and camping. Volcanic Costa Rica is part of the pacific ring of fire, there are over 200 volcanos in Costa Rica and only 100 are active.
Here is a list of some volcanos in Costa Rica
Arenal: active since 1968 5,436 ft. high
Barva: Last eruption 6050 AD, complex volcano
Cerro Tilaran: Shield Volcano - A shield volcano is a large volcano with shallow sloping sides. They are formed by lava that flows easily. Elevation: 634 meters / 2080.03 feet
Irazu Las teruption: 1963. Rises 11,260 ft.
Languna Poco Sol: Scientists aren't sure if it's really a volcano or just the product of a landslide. It's in San Carlos about an hour west of San Jose. Laguna Poco Sol Volcano is a 656 ft wide depression that is filled with a lake.
Miravalles: Last eruption 1946. Rises 6,654 ft.
Orosi: Last eruption 3,500 years ago It rises 5,443 ft.
Platanar: It is in known in the region as volcán Congo and is part of Juan Castro Blanco National Park.
Poas: last major eruption 1910 (most active volcano in Costa Rica) 8,885 ft (2,708 m) It's last eruption was in 2008. Rises 8,884 ft. Easiest way to get there is hiking.
Rincon de la vieja: (6217 ft, 1895 m)
All of the volcanos just listed are a range of 1500 FT to 11,000 FT
As listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Costa_Rica
Rafting
Hiking Trails
Horse Back Riding
Mountain Biking
Waterfall Rappelling
Hot springs
Hanging Bridges
Canopy Tours
Zip lines
Wildlife Viewing
Cave Tours
Irazu Volcano |
Poas volcano from the air |
Arenal volcano The red orange lava looks like |
Poas Crater |
Links:
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Costa Rica Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica. March 2009.
Costa Rica Photos. http://www.costaricaphotos.com/. Published 2007 by Edenia Systems International. March 2009.