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Volcanoes, lowlands and rural tourism
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The river is formed at the confluence of the Buena Vista and Quebrada Agria rivers at the foothills of the Tenorio Volcano, in a place known as Los Teñideros. Nearby is another place called Los Hervideros, a site with hot springs where the water temperature can reach 31 to 94°C (90 to 94°F). During its descent from the volcano, the river water forms a lagoon called Laguna Azul, where the light blue color of the water can be appreciated more intensely. After the lagoon, the riverbed continues its descent to form the Rio Celeste waterfall.
Rural tourism
Rural tourism and community-based rural tourism offer visitors a very different approach to tourism. The Northern Lowlands is presented, a priori, as a place of peace and rest, as its charming rural villages are rendered as an oasis of peace compared to the big cities.
The area offers a series of very attractive alternatives to enjoy rural culture related to agro-productive, agricultural, livestock and agro- industrial farms, that will help you learn about the production processes and culture of local communities.
Live the experience of waking up to coffee, aguadulce, gallo pinto, tortillas or typical Costa Rican chorreadas. Furthermore, you can choose an agritourism activity on a farm where you can milk, the animals, feed them, visit the forest, and
enjoy a delicious Costa Rican lunch. Stay in an inn within walking distance of the lush nature of the northern area.
You will also find other attractive activities like naturalistic aquatic tours, freshwater sport fishing, day and night trail tours, guided horseback riding, the pineapple tour, the tour of the trapiche to grind cane, make molded brown sugar and the delicious fudge-like sobado, a visit to coffee mills, cheese factories, fruit drying plants, medicinal plants, breeding, catching and processing of fish, extraction of honey and mushroom production, and the organic chocolate tour, among others.
From a cultural perspective, the area is attractive due to the presence of the Maleku indigenous culture, the immigrants from Central American and from other countries, plus the possibility of combining the attractions and multiple options of sun and beach, canoeing, fishing, etc., with flora and fauna observation activities and natural history interpretation in the lush forests of protected areas.
Most of the rural tourism ventures are small projects that the neighbors themselves have developed through community associations, so that tourists can enjoy, as they do, the natural paradise they have in front of them.
Rural tourism offers all the services needed for tourism, including hotels, cabins, restaurants and tour companies, and more. So, the opportunity to