Arenal Flow Changed
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Arenal Flow Changed
I keep hearing reports that the lava flows at Arenal have changed to a different side of the volcano. Fully realizing that cloud cover makes viewing spotty at best, I am wondering if we will still have a good chance at viewing it from the Arenal Paraiso direction?
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There's a link you can look at to see where the lava flow has been. It has been recently updated. I don't have the link written down, but there's a post on www.frommers.com discussion board in the Costa Rica section about ARenal lava flow changing. In this discussion someone has provided the link. I have checked the link yesterday and for a couple months, if I recall correctly, there has been lava flow over on the other side opposite from Arenal Paraiso. But I don't know if that means that's the only side that has flow, it's the newest development.
Anybody know more?
Anybody know more?
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Yes,lava flow has changed directions to the backside of the volcano according to the updated map at arenal.net. I'm leaving for CR on 5/28 and will be up at Tabacon on 5/31-6/2. Looks like I will be using my SUV to travel the road up to the Arenal Observatory Lodge.....maybe in the middle of the night, if the clouds clear off. Keep in mind if you choose to go up that road at night, it gets steep, bumpy, etc, so use care driving up there. I have done that road before. What stinks now is that the lava flows(when visible)are not viewable from any of the hotels on the front side and even out on Lake Arenal. Guess I'll find out 1st hand in 2 weeks.
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I was just there. Great clear days. From AP we didn't see much action. At night you see a faint red glow, but the volcano was very quiet. We went up to the Observatory Lodge, and from there we could see rocks shift and come down every once in a while displacing little puffs of ash and dirt into the air as they slid down, but still no great explosions or lava flows. Please don't go expecting to see continuous red flows of lava or stuff going into the air. This happens only occassionally. It's still a spectacular sight to be so close though. To see a red glow at night. But, to see a nice river of lava coming down, or have fireworks is a rare thing, and you have to be lucky. yes, the new flow is on the side opposite of AP. Even from the observatory lodge we didn't see much though.