Tenorio National Park, Costa Rica

 

Tenorio National Park, Costa Rica

Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal

 

The park's heavenly blue river, waterfalls and lagoons are among the most spectacular natural phenomena in Costa Rica; as a result, the park is known to locals simply as Río Celeste (though it's officially named after the soaring 1916m Volcán Tenorio)

 

Tenorio Volcano National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio) is a national park in the northern part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The jewel of the national park is the Tenorio Volcano, from which it derives its name. The volcano was made part of the National Park in 1995 and is located about 26 miles northeast of Fortuna in the Guanacaste Province.

 

The Rio Celeste appears blue due to the emission of sulphur from the volcano and precipitation of calcium carbonate. Thermal springs and small geysers dot the area as do rivers, waterfalls, lagoons, and places providing panoramic views. The upper area of the park is dominated by primary cloud forest, while the lower regions are carpeted with rain forest. The tapir and the rarely seen puma reside in the area.

 

Tenorio Volcano National Park adjoins Tapir Valley Nature Reserve, a former cattle ranch that was rewilded in 2004. The 20-acre wetland within the nature reserve is the only known location of the Tapir Valley tree frog (Tlalocohyla celeste).

 

Celeste River, where the sulphur reach the river, Tenorio National Park, Cost Rica

 

Laguna Azul, rio Celeste, Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio

Rio Celeste (sky blue river) at Tenorio National Park.

The sky blue waters are colored by the sulphur from the dormant volcano beneath the mountain.

 

Tenorio Volcano National Park

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Tenorio Volcano National Park

 

Bijagua is a typical Costa Rican village near the river Rio Celeste and the Tenorio Volcano National Park. Rio Celeste owes its name to the intense blue colour of the water caused by the minerals sulphate and calcium carbonate. However, the locals believe that the river turned blue after God had painted the sky and washed out his brushes in the  river.

 

The Tenorio volcano is a dormant volcano that erupted for the last time in 1902. Now, the  area around the valley is beautiful and from the higher parts -and if the sky is clear- you  can see Lake Nicaragua across the border.

 

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Celeste River and Tenorio Volcano National Park 

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Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio

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Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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