Northern Costa Rica

While traveling from San José to the imposing Northern Mountains, you'll enjoy beautiful vistas of varied mountain ranges like the Guanacaste and the Tilarán ranges. These are separated by the Arenal Dam, which is worldwide sought for because of its wonderful windsurfing conditions, and the small Coter Lake, shaped naturally like a heart.

From the Nicaraguan borders to the northern lowlands you can find the seductive Guatuso, San Carlos and Sarapiquí plains.

Among the many attractions to this area, you will see the Arenal volcano, shaped like an almost perfect cone, it provides with awesome magma eruption spectacles that resemble the fire works at the carnival contrasting against the dark night sky.