Lake Arenal is simply gorgeous. There are charming towns, great restaurants, and adventure parks with ziplines, tucans, monkeys, quads, etc. Friendly people everywhere help with directions and brighten up you day. This is a secret gem of Costa Rica.

If you are lucky you can see the very top of the volcano. Our driver stopped at Macadamia's where we had a delicious sandwich and super yummy drink overlooking the picturesque view..

Boated through here en route to La Fortuna and Arenal Volcano. This is a beautiful lake with spectacular views of the volcano.

We had booked a B&B Cebia tree lodge for 4 Days and this was part of the first leg of our vacation to CR, we decide to do the 5k volcano walk stsrted out rainy but toward the end of the walk it cleared up,...More

The lake is big and peaceful and from our understanding, the fastest way to go to La Fortuna from Monteverde. The taxi boat was fine - nothing luxurious but gave us nice view of the scenery.

55 sq. mile man made lake near Mt. Arenal. Pristine clear with plenty of tropical wild life around the shoreline.

Beautiful, breathtaking view of the volcano from the lake ! Easy walk for a 4 and 8 yr old and 60 yr old too