Costa Rica_volcano Poas

Poás Volcano is the second-most visited national park in Costa Rica for one excellent reason: a gently active volcano (and its triplet craters).

Here, a turquoise lagoon—the most acidic lagoon on earth—fills the world’s second-widest crater (0.9 miles wide). A second crater, now extinct, houses Botos Lagoon, a cold-water lake. Trails wind through the park, connecting the visitor’s centre with the volcano’s craters, cloud forests, and other habitats.

Poás Volcano National Park

The iconic blue lagoon in a crater

Poás Volcano is the second-most visited national park in Costa Rica for one excellent reason: a gently active volcano (and its triplet craters). Here, a turquoise lagoon—the most acidic lagoon on earth—fills the world’s second-widest crater (0. 9 miles wide)...read more

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