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Northern Plains
The region's principal national parks protect the impressive volcanoes of Poás and Arenal, and the vast wilderness of Braulio Carrillo. It also holds the country's most important private preserves—La Selva Biological Station and the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve.
At a Glance
SIGHTS
- Arenal Volcano
- Barva Volcano
- Braulio Carrillo National Park
- Butterfly Garden
- Caño Negro National Refuge
- Children's Eternal Rain Forest
- Church of Our Lady of Mercy
- Church of San Juan Bosco
- Church of San Ramón
- Danaus Ecocenter
- Dr. María Eugenia Bozzoli Museum of Indigenous Cultures
- Ecological Farm
- Fortuna Waterfall
- Hacienda Pozo Azul
- Heliconia Island
- La Paz Waterfall Gardens
- La Selva Biological Station
- Las Horquetas
- Monteverde Cloud Forest
- Monteverde Coffee Tour
- Orchid Garden
- Parque Central
- Poás Volcano National Park
- Ranario de Monteverde
- San Rafael de Heredia
- Santa Elena Reserve
- Selvatura
- Sendero Tranquilo Reserve
- Serpentario Monteverde
- Tabacón Hot Springs
- Taller Eloy Alfaro e Hijos
- Termales del Bosque
- Tirimbina Rainforest Center
- Venado Caverns
- World of Snakes
- Zarcero
RESTAURANTS
HOTELS
- Arco Iris Lodge
- Arenal Country Inn
- Arenal Observatory Lodge
- Cabinas Los Guayabos
- Cabinas Oriuma
- Caño Negro Natural Lodge
- Centro Neotrópico Sarapiquís
- Chalet Nicholas
- El Bosque Lodge
- El Establo Mountain Hotel
- El Sol
- Hotel & Villas La Condesa
- Hotel Bosques de Chachagua
- Hotel de Campo
- Hotel Gavilán Río Sarapiquí
- Hotel San Bosco
- Hotel Tilawa
- La Mansión Inn Arenal
- La Pradera
- La Selva
- Laguna del Lagarto Lodge
- Las Ardillas
- Montaña de Fuego
- Monteverde Lodge
- Peace Lodge
- Pensión Monteverde Inn
- Poás Volcano Lodge
- Posada Andrea Cristina
- Rara Avis
- Selva Verde Lodge
- Sueño Azul Resort
- Swiss Hotel Miramontes
- Tabacón Grand Spa & Thermal Resort
- Trapp Family Lodge
- Villa Blanca
- Villa Decary
- Vista del Valle Plantation Inn
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