Located seven kilometers from Fortuna, Volcán Arenal has an area of 33 square kilometers. The volcano has experienced constant activity since July 29, 1968. Its landscape has two faces: one covered with lush vegetation sheltering a variety of wildlife, and the other rugged with lava tracts and sand from the constant eruptions.

  

Considered the region’s main attraction, Arenal offers daytime and nighttime viewing opportunities, thanks to its constant explosions and eruptions.

The Lake Arenal near the Arenal Volcano is the largest in Costa Rica and offers many activities all year round on and around it as : windsurfing, fishing, boat tours, boat shortcut to the Monteverde Cloud Forest, kayaking, horseback riding & mountain biking along the shore, etc.

Arenal Lake was enlarged so far 3 times from it's original size to form the base of the hydroelectric project that now produces about the 70% of Costa Rica's electricity with an area of 85.5km (33 sq. miles).

Surrounded by smooth rolling hills that are partly pasture and partly forested and dominated on the east side by the well shape perfect cone of the Arenal Volcano