As you may be aware the Arenal Lake is full of Rainbow and Tiger bass as well as Tilapia, however trying to get the bigs ones out can sometimes be an issue.  We stayed at La Mansion Arenal Hotel on Lake Arenal and awoke at 5.30 am as this is when the fish seem to bite the most, between the hours of 5.30am and 9 am.  This July the water in the lake was lower than normal which was great, as when the lake is low the fishing is better. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently a new stylish hotsprings was opened in the Arenal Volcano area of Costa Rica and is called the Titoku Hot Springs.  The Hot spirngs means water from the Gods in the Maleku language which is a Costa Rican Tribal Language.  The Arenal Volcano is famous for its hotsprings with the most famous being the Tabacon Hotsprings, however these hotsprings are famous for over crowding.  The recent opening of the Titoku Hotsprings comes as a great relief as it will mean another 5 star hotspring facility in the area that is not so crowded. Read the rest of this entry »

When people typically think of Arenal they think of the majestic Arenal Volcano that attracts millions of people a year to its hotsprings and firework lava shows. The Lake that sits at the feet of the volcano is almost forgotten and only used daily for the transfer by boat from Arenal to Monteverde. If you boat around the the lake on a weekend you may see some fisherman, however you would be lucky to see more than 3 other boats. However on the forgotten Northern end of the Lake the winds are strong and people are flying kites. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the major attractions of the Arenal Volcano is the thermally heated hotsprings that are thermally heated by the volcano. The river that passes under the volcano is heated by the lava heat and heats the river to 40 degrees Celsius and then cools as it heads down stream. Read the rest of this entry »