There's a lot to do in La Fortuna-Arenal area, that's why you need a good itinerary to be able to enjoy yourself, relax and take the most out of your trip.
In today's podcast, I'm going to talk about 48 hours itinerary for La Fortuna and Arenal area in Costa Rica.
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Today we're going to be talking about 48 hours in La Fortuna Arenal area. What are you going to do in Costa Rica? Are you guys ready for an adventure? Let's begin. So you've got 48 hours in La Fortuna area.
Make sure you go to the La Fortuna Arenas episode podcast to really understand everything there is to do here and really understand what all of this about. But what we're going to be focusing on is a really good itinerary to be able to really enjoy yourself and still relax and not be overwhelmed with the activities. Number one thing I really recommend you do is the volcano and even though it's not active, what it is really well known for are the thermal hot springs that are all around it. So there are a lot of hotels that have natural thermal hot springs. I really recommend staying in one of those hotels because this way you can go into a full day of activities and then you have the hot springs in your hotel so you are able to enjoy them and they're already included in your stay.
Otherwise you have to pay extra for them if you go on your own. So definitely take that into account. When you're looking for a hotel. The top things to do at La Fortuna, Arenal is the canopy tour, hanging bridges, hiking, rafting and canyoneeringing. So because of that, the tours are structured like that. There is one tour that will take you to canopy hanging bridges and a gondola which will take you all above the rainforest. That is something that takes about half a day and it's super cool. And you get hiking in there because the hanging bridges are part of the trails. You get an incredible canopy and you also get like a skytrek, like a gondola overlooking the rainforest. This is a half a day tour, so if you are up for it, you could definitely do another tour in the afternoon.
But I recommend you go and actually check out the town of La Fortuna and just check it out, walk around, maybe have dinner there and then head back to your hotel and enjoy the hot springs for the rest of the evening. The following day there are combo tours where you could do canyoneering which is rapelling off of waterfalls, having lunch and then doing the rafting after. And that is definitely one of the most popular things to do by far. And then again in the afternoon, evening after that you get to do your hot springs. So this is a really good 48 hours of really enjoying everything that you could possibly do here.
There's obviously a lot more to do, but this really captures the essence of the activities and also the whole place, plus relaxing in the hot springs.