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Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, San José, Costa Rica

  • Address Central Volcanic Range
    37 km al norte de la ciudad de Alajuela
    Poás
    Costa Rica
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This national park is very popular among Costa Ricans and tourists for its amazing views of, and from, the volcano. Volcán Poás is active, and it releases sulphuric gases from its crater. Visitors to the park enjoy hiking along the trails to the mountain and lake. There is also a Visitor's Center with educational displays and a coffee shop. There are regular connections from San José to the park. For more information, please contact the local bus terminals.

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Truely Amazing!

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-10-28

It mat not look like your average volcanoe, but it is just as amazing. What makes it even better is that about a mile walk away, there is a Bea...

I must take my other family members

 by  joster103  on  2007-06-19

I liked how you could get close and look down into the crater. Good photo opp. Botos lagoon is worth the 30 minute walk. Excellent and worth th...

Fun and a beautiful view

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-05-25

The view was great, the weather while we were there was perfect. A couple people in the group had a hard time breathing on the hike up due to ...

AWESOME!

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-02-08

i'm costa rican, but i went to poas four years ago, and it was a little cloudy. however, it was REALLY awesome! i went with my family, and we g...

gevina

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-09-20

hi i luved it so much i went there thirty times after and ate popcorn at the top were everyone dies i was the first person not to die there in ...

This is a volcano?

 by  cloudboxer  on  2006-07-17

Poas is not like any other volcano I had ever heard about or seen. It is a sulpher volcano. I didn't even know they had those before this tri...

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