Day 4: Rafting on way to La Fortuna

We woke up around 6am to pack up, ate breakfast, then head out to our next destination in the Arenal/La Fortuna area. We took the boat back to the bus and loaded up.
About an hour along the way to the hotel, we hit some traffic on the highway. Apparently a landslide blocked the main highway. Once it cleared, we stopped for white-water rafting. It was awesome! We ate some fresh pineapple halfway through and it was delicious. Pineapple is grown here so this was picked at park ripeness. I found out that pineapple plant is actually a kind of bromeliad plant. We had to leave quickly since a storm was coming. It started raining hard the second half of the rafting trip, but everyone had a great time. Afterward we ate a late lunch ~3pm-it was tacos and everyone was very happy it was finally something other than rice and beans. Then we loaded up on the bus and headed to the hotel- Los Lagos. It is in the Arenal volcano region (La Fortuna is the town) and has hot springs swimming pools, a swim up bar, and a regular pool with a big slide for the kids. after checking into the hotel we went to the pool around 7:30 at night and we swam a bit before 8:30 dinner. Arenal has an active volcano in the region, but it only has smoke coming out now. It had lava coming out of it from 1968 until 2012. Not that long ago!Read more