Located three hours’ drive north west of the capital, San José, the town of La Fortuna offers a springboard to explore the landscape around the inactive Arenal Volcano.

A three-hour drive from the Costa Rican capital stands the highly active Arenal Volcano, a lonely giant whose towering peak is usually crowned with wispy clouds. But on those rare occasions when ...

Explore the surrounding 120 acres of private rain forest by day and lava-watch from your balcony by night—on a clear evening, you can see tiny dots of orange skittering down Arenal's side.

Nature is alive in Arenal National Park, which is home to two volcanoes, a handful of hot springs, sloths, jaguars, and more.

After lying dormant for hundreds of years, Arenal erupted in 1968 and has since earned the title of Costa Rica’s most active volcano.

The Santiaguito lava dome under Guatemala’s Santa Maria Volcano is one of the most regular erupting features in the world. Here's how it works.