Volcán Poás (2697) is an active volcano with one of the biggest craters in the world! It has a diameter of 1,3 kilometres and a depth of 300 meters. Within the crater, there is a lake with a diameter of 400 meters and a depth of 14 meters. Volcán Poás is part of the Cordillera Volcánica Central, a volcanic mountain range that stretches over 80 kilometres through Central Costa Rica. Other volcanos like the Volcán Barba, Volcán Irazú and Volcán Turrialba are also part of this ‘

On Google Maps, you can clearly see that there are a lot of small roads North of Grecia. These roads are all more or less perpendicular lines from South West to North East. Once on these roads, you’ll notice that they are all quite steep, since they’re located on the slopes of Volcán Poás. The elevation difference between the ‘valley’ where Grecia is located (about 1000 meters above sea level) and the top of Volcán Poás (2708 meters above sea level) is about 1700 meters! So,

Looking for a spectacular view? At about a one hour drive from Mangífera Hostel, there’s the place to be: Cerro Tinajitas. This ‘cerro’...