General Information About Volcanoes in Costa Rica:

A good reason to visit Costa Rica's Volcanoes 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.

Irazu Volcano last erupted when the U.S. President John F Kennedy Visited costa Rica.

The Arenal volcano, in Costa Rica, has been active since 1968. Tiny rumblings,followed by streams of lava shoot up into the sky every 5 to 200 minutes! At night the orange-red lava looks like "fireworks dancing in the night sky"   

Here is a list of volcanos in Costa Rica All of these Volcanoes are Stratovolcanos

Aguas Zarcas Group:

Arenal: active since 1968 5,436 ft. high

Barva:

Cerro Tilaran:

Irazu Las teruption: 1963. Rises 11,260 ft.

Languna Poco Sol:

Miravalles:

Orosi: Last eruption 3,500 years ago It rises 5,443 ft.

Platanar:    

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

Fun Activities to do in an Arenal Tour:

Rafting

Hiking Trails

Horse Back Riding

Mountain Biking

Waterfall Rappelling

Hot springs

Hanging Bridges

Canopy Tours

Zip lines

Wildlife Viewing

Cave Tours

Photo Gallery of Volcanoes in Costa Rica:

Irazu Volcano                      (Photo shot from the west face of Arenal Volcano on February 2, 2006 @ 9:01 p.m.) ^	Summit of Barva Volcano	Poas volcano
Poas Crater           from the air

Links:http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/

http://www.govisitcostarica.com/default.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovolcan