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La Fortuna Costa Rica
February 27th, 2010 | 
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Hey everyone, DAngelo and michael alan from the Costa Rica Travel Channel. We live in La fortuna, right next to the Arenal Volcano. I can’t think of two better guys to show you around. So check it out and see why we live here. The canopy tours, rafting, rappelling, hiking Cerro Chata and Fortuna Falls, biking, flora and fauna have nothing to do with it…hehe. If you’re ever in the area, by all mean, stop in and bring the Cacique.
Lying at the eastern foot of the spectacular, Volcan Areanl, is the charming little tourist town (about 7,500) of La Fortuna. Recently this town has become quite the destination for volcano watchers from around the world. La Fortuna is the entry point to the road that connects the Arenal Volcano area to Lake Arenal and continuing on into Guanacaste. The magnificent Arenal Volcano is basically what put the little former farming town of La Fortuna on any visitors to Costa Ricas map, and prior to 1968, it was solely a agricultural town. Now it is one the premier tourist destinations in Costa Rica.
The history of La Fortuna and the Arenal Volcano have been connected since Volcan Arenal reared it massive head and awoke after a 400 year slumber and violently erupted in 1968 with the largest eruption in its recent history. It had been dormant so long it was thought by the locals to be a mere mountain. Actually, Arenal is an almost perfect cone, soaring 1,633 meters above sea level and has a crater 140 meters deep formed over an ancient caldera. The volcano dates back to about 3 million years ago. Arenal spewed ash, rocks and gas for 3 consecutive days and when the smoke finally cleared the villages of Tabacon, Pueblo Nuevo and San Luis were no more. From this catastrophic tragedy, La Fortuna (meaning the Fortune), was born as the town center and village for the Arenal Volcano area and like moths to a flame, tourists from around the world started descending on La Fortuna in search of fiery night skies.
La Fortuna has grown leaps and bounds in recent years all due to the lucrative tourism industry. Farmers sold their land and cabinas popped up out of nowhere and even without an active volcano spewing smoke, ash and lava overhead, La Fortuna would still be a great place to relax and kick back for a few days. Today, La Fortuna offers everything for the Costa Rica traveler and despite the influx of tourists the town still retains that cool vibe and real Tico fee. Accommodations from the 5 star Tabacon to a $10. per night hostel; and of course everything in between. There is easy access to rejuvenating hot springs, horseback riding to waterfall, white-water rafting, waterfall rappelling, hiking, volcano tours, canopy tours, bungee jumping, cave explorations, butterfly gardens and eco-tours, the list goes on and on. Its no wonder La Fortuna has become one of the top tourist destinations in Costa Rica.
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Cano Negro, Costa Rica
Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge is an area of lowlands that are seasonally flooded forming lakes and marshes which offer a safe haven for a variety of fauna, particularly large numbers of migratory waterfowl and other bird species. Cano Negro is excellent for bird-watching from mid-November to April and shouldn’t be missed as a visitor will typically see cattle egrets, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, white ibis, black-bellies tree ducks and Neotropic cormorants to name a few. However, during the dry season (April to November) the main lake dries up and Cano Negro is relegated to small lagoons, channels, ditches and strips of beach and although there is an abundance of birds, there’s not as many wading birds. The forests, grasslands and marshes of Cano Negro are also home to a variety of endangered species like cougars, tapirs, jaguars and ocelots but also tayras, sloths, otters, and Howler, White-Faced Capuchin and Spider monkeys. Tortoises, caymans, and some 30 species of freshwater fish reside in the rivers at Cano Negro. The gar fish which is considered to be a living fossil is also found there.
Hey guys, michael alan here and D’Angelo from the “Doing Costa Rica” section of TravelCostaRicaNow.com We’re here in Cano Negro on the boarder of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. And If you guys ever come out to La Fortuna or this part of the country you have to come down to Cano Negro… This is where you’ll see all the wildlife. You’re going to see the monkeys, Alligators… not alligator, what do you call them…. Caymans, the birds, lots of different birds. lot of birders come out here. A lot of people come from La Fortuna, Costa Rica, and you can get a tour out of La Fortuna, Costa Rica but if you have a rental car you can come out here yourself and do what we’re doing… We just bargained out own boat and we save some good money doing it. Oh, and on the way you definitely want to stop in Muelle, Costa Rica. Muelle is a town where there are Iguanas everywhere. When you pull in there is a bridge and there are iguanas everywhere. Ya, so what we’re going to do is were going to take you down… this is the Rio Frio, we’re not actually on the Cano Negro wildlife Refuge or the National Park. And when you get sold a tour that says you’re going to Cano Negro National Park more likely your not going to Cano Negro National Park, you’re going to the Rio Frio. So don’t be confused, You’ll see not as much but enough wildlife on the Rio Frio as you would going down the actual Cano Negro. So it’s all good….. Here’s some of the wildlife….
Hey everybody, so we’re just starting out and we got a little boat. We got a good deal on it. For four people it was $50.
… well, that was cano negro, costa rica. we definitely recomend Cano Negro especially if your a nature lover. You’ll all the animals we showed you if not more. Well, form Cano Negro there’s trips coming out there from La Fortuna (most of the trips are from La Fortuna). and they usually run about $45 – $65 a person. Per Person…. hey, we did this… if you have a rental car you can do it yourself… go up to the boarder (Los Chiles) and do it… we did it for $50 …. 4 of us did it for $50 total… They were asking for $70 for the 4 of us, but as soon as they saw us walking away to go ask another tour guide they dropped ti down to $50… you might get a better deal then that depending on supply and demand.
But you want to stop here…. we’re in Muelle, Costa Rica which is known for the iguanas all over the place. their huge iguanas some around 6 feet long. and ranging in colors from line green, to dark green, orange, to brown. Great photo op. come out and get those great photos. The tours will stop in this area, but you rental car people dont want to miss it so definitely stop in Muelle.
Hope this helps and hope you guys come out and see it…
for TravelCostaRicaNow.com I’m michael alan and I’m D’Angelo … Peace…
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Costa Rica Vacation Nov 05
Antony & Jen spend over a week in a rented 4×4 exploring the best of Costa Rica. : Puntarenas (beach), Manuel Antonio Park, Mt Chrippo (tallest Mt in Central America + river & hot springs) Alajuela, & San Jose..
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