Irazu Volcano, the Orosi Valley and Lankester Garden
It was 5 am and still dark outside when my alarm clock, our neighborhood rooster, roused me from sleep. I gulped down my morning coffee. The transition from night owl to morning person complete, I was now raring to go, ready for my second tour with Expediciones Tropicales. Today we were sightseeing in Cartago Province, a part of the country I knew little about, and home to Irazu Volcano, the Orosi Valley and Lankester Botanical Gardens.
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Irazu Volcano National Park
Irazu Volcano National Park craters' resemble a moonscape: a vast expanse of grey dust and rock with a green lagoon at its center, which swells and dries up with the seasons. One of Costa Rica's active volcanoes, ...
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The world-renowned Lankester Botanical Garden spans 27 acres and hosts more than 3,000 plant species, almost 1,000 of which are native and exotic orchids. Charles Lankester, a British naturalist and orchid enthusiast, ...
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Cartago
When Spanish governor Juan Vasquez de Coronado founded the city of Cartago in 1563, he claimed that he’d never seen a more beautiful valley. The verda....
Orosi Valley
Squares of coffee and squash farms, hotsprings and flames of the forest trees blossoming with bright orange flowers are among the sights in the Orosi ....