Irazú Volcano

Cartago Province · Costa Rica

Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica
Photo: Rafael Golan, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
December to April, arriving before the mid-morning clouds
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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Costa Rica's highest volcano, whose summit road makes it one of the easiest big craters to visit in the country. The main crater holds an intermittent mineral lake that shifts between green and rust tones. On rare crystal-clear mornings both the Caribbean and the Pacific are visible from the top.

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