Tucan trail parking | Informal Campsite

April 28th, 2024 by circularveranda97

Recommended! Just before the entrance of arenal observatory lodge. Costs half the price (10 vs. 18), you can sleep there and you can add a night hike as well if you want. Saw toucans, monkeys and coatis.

March 7th, 2024 by 3weltreisen.de

we paid 5000pP for the Trails and nothing for overnight stay. good Deal. trails are nice, old Lava trail 4km, nice views 2h and tucan trail 30min, the cabel and the waterpipeline at the entrance, are not high enough for us, may be only 3,50m, you have to found a solution if you are higher (like us), Toilette and water on site, not leveled, very quite, come before 3pm otherwise closed, you can use the trails on both days with one paying

December 15th, 2023 by kl3vr

Great place to view Arenal and stay the night.  The loop trail is not long and takes you up close for a beautiful view of Arenal and the lake. Augustus the caretaker was welcoming. 10$ pp to hike, 15$ to stay the night. I cooled and rinsed off in the river after hikes and I used the covered patio in the evening to escape the rain and cook my meal. The ground is soft and could be soggy, so I'd recommend for rooftenters and vans.
The trail to Cerra Chota is quite difficult for the last half as it's steep, slippery and overgrown. there was a downed tree at the very top that turned me away, just meters from the "viewpoint", but it was cloudy anyways. I enjoyed my stay and hikes!
also they were installing internet while I was there so should be available shortly.

July 14th, 2023 by unimogreise.com

Beautiful, adventurous trail. It now costs $14 pp. We saw spider monkeys, howler monkeys and William, the owner explained a lot to us and is very open-minded. We stayed the night and were alone in the jungle again in the dark to see frogs, but had no luck.

February 23rd, 2023 by amtravelling.nl

See other comments, you can stay if you pay for the trail.

September 2nd, 2019 by stefanmhillmann

amazing trail. lot's of bird's and monkeys. not completely premade trail so you really get the rainforest hike feel. Host is very friendly and helpful

March 12th, 2018 by bernbo

On peut camper à cet endroit si on paie la randonnée pédestre 6000c/per (10$us) La carte des sentiers n'est pas à l'échelle. Il faut être très en forme pour arriver au cerro Chato en 2h comme le gardien dit. Faire la courte randonnée vers la lava 1992 pour les 65 ans + Toilette et évier savon Robinet à l'extérieur. Eau potable provenant de la rivière en montagne. Revenir des sentiers avant 15h.

December 22nd, 2017 by carole.vallon

Parking just before the main entrance of the Observatory Lodge. Toilets. Departure of a trail to Cerro Chato. Free if you pay the entrance for the trails (10 USD/pers). Nice view on the Arenal Volcano.