Costa Rica, which sits directly on top of the Pacific Ring of Fire, is home to over 120 volcanoes. Gratefully, only five are active. However, one of the five is on the top ten list of most active volcanoes in the world: Volcano Arenal, which will gladly show off its red lava flow any day of the week when there’s no cloud coverage. The other active volcanoes of Costa Rica are less reliable but a lot of fun to visit: Poas (also active, and easy to get to), Rincon de la Vieja, Irazu (the tallest volcano in Costa Rica), and Turrialba.
The Volcanoes aren’t only a novelty and pretty to look at, they are also huge contributors to Costa Rica‘s highly bio-diverse landscapes, plant, and wildlife richness. Due to countless eruptions over the past 65 million years the soil around these volcanoes is rich in minerals and super fertile allowing for the many different plants, birds, and wildlife to thrive. So make sure you visit at least one active volcano in Costa Rica.
Active Volcanoes of Costa Rica
– Arenal Volcano
– Irazu Volcano
– Poas Volcano
– Rincon de la Vieja Volcano
– Turrialba Volcano
Inactive Volcanoes of Costa Rica
– Barva Volcano
– Cacao Volcano
– Cacho Negro Volcano
– Chato Volcano
– Congo Volcano
– El Viejo Volcano
– La Platanar Volcano
– Miravalles Volcano
– Orosi Volcano
– Porvenir Volcano
– Tenorio Volcano
All of you adventurers out there won’t let me lie; visiting an active volcano is a great experience. Especially if it is one of the active ones.
Fun Things to Do – Volcanoes of Costa Rica
Interesting info, Marina. Didn’t know that Arenal is on the top ten list of most active volcanoes in the world. I haven’t been to Costa Rica. Would love to go one day and get a few photos of Arenal 😉
You know what, I actually think that Arenal has officially stopped erupting. It’s still considered active, but it hasn’t done it’s magic in quit some time.
Costa Rica looks amazing. It’s strange how fascinated we are with active volcanos.