Recommendations

Our commitment | Code of ethics | Our policies | Recommendations

Save the environment: by purchasing efficient low-energy appliances (A/C, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.), labeled as ‘product A’.
                                       
Save water:  turn the tap off while shaving and/or while brushing your teeth.

Help saving the forests:  if you’re going to buy a wooden product, make sure it has the special certification stamp that guarantees it has been extracted by means of social and responsible use, without destroying the forest.

Take action:  Collaborate with any ONG and act in favor of the environment every day, by participating in nature protection campaigns.

Go on and follow these advices!

• Turn the tap off while washing your hands with soap, shaving or brushing your teeth.  An open tap consumes up to 12 liters of water per minute.
• Don’t use the toilet as a garbage bin:  you’re using from 6 to 12 liters of water every time you flush the toilet.
• Use remaining water from washing vegetables to water plants.
• Purchase ecological appliances.
• Repair pipes and faucets: don’t let them leak, you’ll save an average of 170 liters of water each month.

 Special Recommendations

Being a protected area, there are some regulations for those who wish to visit the park.

Admission: Main entrance (by the local ‘Guardia Rural’), pay admission fee and keep the receipt. 

Schedule:
Open to the general public: Look-out point and trails. 
Opening hours:  8:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m.

Prohibitions within the park:

• Bonfires
• Pets
• Sound generators
• Damage or improper use of the facilities
• Extraction or mistreat of plants, animals or other resources
• Firearms
• Propaganda signs
• Alcoholic beverages and drugs

Park’s capacity:  There’s no maximum capacity.

Other regulations: Passengers must disembark in front of the administrative area.

Source: Resources and Services Management in Arenal Volcano National Park 27389 - MINAE

For additional information about Arenal Volcano Park we recommend you to visit the following website: http://www.sinac.go.cr/acahn_arenal.php

For information about special activities in the area, we recommend you to visit the following website: http://comitecantonalsancarlos.com/site/2010/05/