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  "publishedAt": "2022-04-16T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "costa-rica",
    "arenal"
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  "textContent": "This morning we had a relaxing morning in the pool enjoying the swim-up bar and the views across to the volcano whose peak kept peeping out from behind the clouds. We got wood-fired pizzas for lunch by the pool overlooking the volcano and watching wildlife by the lake.\n\n{{<fig \"DSC_0560.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0346.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"IMG_4128.jpeg\">}}\n\nWe were picked up after lunch by Canoa Aventura for our volcano hike, which took us along the course of the 1968 lava flows to a view point where we had great views of the volcano and across to the Arenal Lake. The lake is man-made and covers the area to the west of the volcano which was destroyed by soot and gases from the eruption and is used to generate hydro-electric power. \n\n{{<fig \"DSC_0366.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0390.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0392.jpeg\">}}\n\nAlong the hike we saw lots of epiphytes, in particular bromeliads and orchids such as the One-day orchid (_Sobralia sp._), the Spanish flag orchid (_Epidendrum radicans_) and the endemic Arenal Bromeliad (_Pitcaimia Funkiae_). \n\n{{<fig \"DSC_0373.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0376.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0377.jpeg\">}}\n\nWe finished the hike in time to watch the sunset over the lake bathing the volcano in a reddish glow before heading to Eco Termales to bathe in volcanic heated springs under the stars.\n\n{{<fig \"DSC_0442.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0446.jpeg\">}}\n{{<fig \"DSC_0451.jpeg\">}}\n\n<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"></i> on to <a href=\"/blog/2022/zip-lining-arenal\">Zip-lining</a>",
  "title": "Arenal Volcano Hike"
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