Location
The Orosi Volcano is the first mountain you see when you drive into Costa Rica from Nicaragua.
Altitude
1,487 meters (4,879 ft.)
Description
You will enjoy the drive. It's take you through the miles of farm and cattle land, made rich by the flow of minerals from the volcanoes. Keep your eyes on the mountainsides, you'll signs of old eruptions everywhere. You'll also find some nice jungle to look at and, in the western part of the forest, thousands of pre-Columbian petroglyphs. The northern wall of the volcano offers hikers a good view of Lake Nicaragua, miles to the north.
Visitors are not permitted to climb scale to the volcano top for fear they might stumble into the pit and turn to steam. National Park regulation reserve that privilege for scientists only.
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Costa Rican Volcanoes 
