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Miravalles: the Only Walkable Crater, and Mud Graded by Colour
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Playa FlamingoMiravalles has what the operator calls the only walkable crater in Costa Rica, and the day is built around getting into it: smoke, hot stone, crystallised sulphur, and mud pots working away at temperatures between 40 and 100 °C. The mud is the part worth understanding before you arrive. Its colour tells you where it came from. Brown means the pool is two metres deep, grey means one metre, yellow means it was taken off the surface and is full of sulphur. It has no smell. You pick the clay you want, take it out of the bubbling pool, and wait fifteen or twenty minutes while it dries and cools you down. After that there is the outdoor spa: mud baths, a sauna and three thermal pools of volcanic water. The first stop of the day, before any of that, is the Llanos del Cortez waterfall, where you can swim under the fall. The entrance is not in the price: $7 cash for adults, $4 cash for children. Lunch, then a moderate walk through rainforest over hanging bridges and past three more waterfalls, all of that included. Bring a swimming costume, walking shoes, sandals, a change of clothes, binoculars, a camera, sun cream, a hat and cash. Pick-up is from hotels and rental homes across the Papagayo peninsula, Playa Panamá, Playa Hermosa, Playas del Coco and Playa Ocotal.
What's included
- Waterfall Park fee Llanos del cortes is not included customer need to take care: (Additional charge $7 cash adult- $4 cash children)
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Hotel drop-off (selected hotels only)
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- Lunch
- Transportation
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Miravalles Volcano
The day takes in the smoke, the hot stones and the crystallised sulphur of the Miravalles volcano. The mountain is covered in rainforest, and the crater inside it is the only walkable one in Costa Rica. The first stop on the drive is Llanos del Cortez, one of the finest waterfalls in the country. The entrance is charged separately, $7 cash for an adult and $4 cash for a child, and you can swim under the water curtain if you bring a swimming costume. Next is the crater at Miravalles, with geothermal activity all around it. There is a volcanic mud bath and the hot springs before lunch, and afterwards a moderate hike through tropical rainforest, over hanging bridges and past three more waterfalls, all included in the package. The bubbling mud pools are holes full of clay mud and sulphured thermal water, at different temperatures: 80º, 100º and 200ºC (176º, 212º and 392ºF). The mud has no smell and comes in three colours, grey, brown and yellow, and the colour tells you the depth it came from. Brown means two metres down, grey means one metre, yellow means the surface, where the mud is full of sulphur. You choose the clay you want and take it from the pool yourself. It takes fifteen or twenty minutes to dry and cool you while you sit with the volcano in front of you. Skin comes out of it smooth. What to bring: swimming costume, hiking shoes, sandals, a change of clothing, binoculars, camera, sun cream, money and a hat. Hotel pick-up: Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo, Final de la Ruta 253 Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Costa Rica, Playa Manzanillo, Culebra Secrets Papagayo Costa Rica, Playa Arenilla El Mangroove, Autograph Collection, Playa Panama Condovac la Costa, 400 metres north of the Catholic church, Playa Hermosa Hermosa Heights Villas, 200 metres north of the Century 21 office, Playa Hermosa Hotel Riu Palace Costa Rica, Playa Matapalo, Sardinal, Guanacaste Hotel Coco Beach & Casino, Main St., Playas del Coco Ocotal Beach Resort, Playa Ocotal
Costo extra
Playa Panama
Pick-up from any hotel or rental home in Playa Panamá, then the drive to the Miravalles volcano.
Playa Hermosa
Pick-up from any hotel or rental home in Playa Hermosa, then on to the Miravalles volcano.
Playas del Coco
Pick-up from any hotel or rental home in Playas del Coco, then the road to Miravalles.
Playa Ocotal
Pick-up from any hotel or rental home in Playa Ocotal, then on towards Miravalles.
We pick and any hotel /Rental home to Miravalles volcano
Pick-up from any hotel or rental home, and then the drive to the Miravalles volcano.
Not included
- Alcoholic drinks
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees to the llanos del cortez waterfalls is not included (Additional charge $7 adult- $4 children)
Good to know
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
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- Minimum age is 6 years
- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en, es.
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