Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano National Park is a gorgeous nature destination. Rain forest. Hot springs. Jaguars. Active ...

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 ...

After a trek to Arenal Volcano, head about 6 miles west for a soak in Tabacón's luxurious thermal springs. With its serene flowing waterfalls, tropical foliage and mineral-rich natural springs, the ...

Let me be upfront: I don’t care for hot springs. Sure, I’ll gladly go to a mountainside ryokan, but I’m really there for the food, and the onsen is just an afterthought. So when I was at the Arenal ...

Every kindergartner can do it. Drawing an active volcano with smoke billowing is fun! And yes, I can still draw a volcano. I’ve seen smoke and smelled sulfur in Central America and the United States ...

There's something inherently fascinating about volcanoes. At times, these vents in the earth’s crust spew molten rock, ash and hot gases thousands of feet in the air in one of Mother Nature’s most ...

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 ...