Heading to
the northern side of the country you and your family will discover Arenal, a
place that hides beauties such as, an imposing active volcano, a marvellous
waterfall and a vibrant town that will make you feel welcome…
Are you curious enough? Stay here and transfer yourself to my experience while reading the following lines:
Our
trip to Arenal brought us nothing else than incredible surprises. Our adventure started on a cloudy and rainy day in Arenal
where we could barely appreciate the famous volcano that can be spotted from
different parts of the area. However, the tropical weather did not stop us from
fully enjoying the lively streets where the Pura Vida essence could be felt. We
spent hours and hours strolling around the centre full of local restaurants,
ice-cream stores offering a great variety of delicious flavours and appealing
souvenir stores where we could buy our Pura Vida t-shirt to keep in our memory this
meaningful message.
On our second day, we put our swimsuits, sneakers and prepared our
backpack filled with a bottle of water, snacks, sunscreen, towels, extra change
and most importantly, our enthusiasm to visit one of the must-see in the Arenal
region, La Fortuna waterfall. After few minutes driving, surrounded by an
incredible landscape and a marvellous view of the Arenal volcano, we arrived at
La Fortuna waterfall. When passing the main entrance, we found ourselves on a
hanging bridge surrounded by different species of enchanting exotic flora and
fauna. The lookout point of the area, where you could spot the waterfall, made
us feel like giants and feed our desire to get there and see it with our own
eyes.
On
our second day, we put our swimsuits, sneakers and prepared our backpack filled
with a bottle of water, snacks, sunscreen, towels, extra change and most
importantly, our enthusiasm to visit one of the must-see in the Arenal region,
La Fortuna waterfall. After few minutes driving, surrounded by an incredible landscape
and a marvellous view of the Arenal volcano, we arrived at La Fortuna waterfall.
When passing the main entrance, we found ourselves on a hanging bridge surrounded
by different species of enchanting exotic flora and fauna. The lookout point of
the area, where you could spot the waterfall, made us feel like giants and feed
our desire to get there and see it with our own eyes. We walked to the stairs
that facilitate the access to the waterfall and once we were there, we realized
that our adventure was about to begin. Hundreds of stairs were waiting for us!
As you know, travelling with children does
not go always as planned so we needed to find the way to distract them and make
them enjoy the way down. Now you will think…How did we do that? We heard by a local
that when going down you are able to see a particular figure. Therefore, we got
the great idea of taking out our camera and record our way down to see who will
find it first.
Getting down
to the waterfall took us few minutes that where filled with laughs and great
memories but once we got there, the view was simply breath-taking. There we were, under the immense La Fortuna waterfall
located in a magical scenery in harmony with the sound of the water and singing
birds, the different shades of green, huge black rocks and small natural pools
suitable for kids. We swam, we enjoyed the relaxing sound of the water and
singing birds and we took some of the most incredible pictures of our trip to
Costa Rica. Our complete relaxation in this almost indescribable paradise made
our way up a bit harder than the way down. Nevertheless, every few stairs we
sat on the rest benches and breathe the fresh air while admiring the great
nature. Once we made it to the top, we
sat at the open restaurant drinking a refreshing smoothie and luckily, we ended
up crossing out one of our bucket list in Costa Rica which was seeing a white
faced monkey.
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