The Park was established in 1971, becoming one of the most visited and well-developed national parks in Costa Rica.
The visitor’s centre and the museum that are hosted by the Park provide a wide range of materials based on the geography and history of the region as well as a restaurant and a great number of facilities.
The Poás volcano is one of the greatest symbols of both National Park and Costa Rica. It is situated in the Central Volcanic Conservation Area at about 2,700 meters above sea level. The volcano main crater is more than 1000 metres deep and about 2 km in diameter.
Although the Volcano is active, there isn’t any real eruption activity of lava today; such activity was last recorded in 1954.
The crater can be seen best in the early morning when the clouds do not cover it so well.
The Poás Volcano National Park hosts three craters such as the lake Laguna Caliente, the Botos crater and the Von Frantzuis. Each of the three craters is accessible through a properly organised system of trails.
The Laguna Caliente is known as one of the most acidic lakes in the world with a PH of almost zero, which makes the existence of life on the lake nearly impossible. The Laguna Caliente is a place of almost constant activity where the geysers can erupt into the air at an altitude of 250 metres.
The Lake Botos is a southern lake with a crater which last erupted 7500 years ago and since then has been inactive.
The Poás Volcano National Park is closed most of the time because of sulphuric gas emissions.
Address:
Poás Volcano National Park
Alajuela Province
Costa Rica
Tel: 506 442 7041
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