From Tabacòn to Rancho Margot via the Arenal (GROUP)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.03 mi
- Elevation gain
- 705 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 548 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,920 ft
- TrailRank
-
37
2
- Min elevation
- 0 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 days 15 hours 57 minutes
- Coordinates
- 510
- Uploaded
- April 13, 2009
- Recorded
- March 2009
This is a group of trails :
near Palma, Alajuela (Costa Rica)
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Itinerary description
The last 2/3 of this track is a rough 4x4 road full of pot holes, but there are many interesting thing there. First, the very nice Tabacòn hotel and its SPA. Just across the Tabacòn spas, on the north side of the small bridge, there are free "agua thermales". This is what comes out from Tabacòn river. Then you reach a metal bridge on Rio Caliente (the river ain't warm at all by the way). From this bridge at night, you can see lava flows on the Arenal but the spot get crowded during clear nights. You better go to LavaVIEW2 which is a bit further. On the road to the Margot, you can see the butterfly garden, and just before the Margot, there was supposedly a bridge. Since we had quite some rainy days, the Rio Negro was an impassable torrent (see pic). Finally, the Rancho Margot is a very nice biologic/self-sustained ranch with very friendly people and good food.
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| Costa-Rica Mars 2009 |
Waypoints
Off Road
1,858 ft
BrokenBridge
There was supposedly a bridge there. Since we had quite some rainy days, the Rio Negro was an impassable torrent.
Photo
1,850 ft
ButterflyCTR
Butterfly Conservatory www.butterflyconservatory.org
Photo
0 ft
LavaVIEW2
See some lava lows at night from that point. More tranquil.
Photo
0 ft
MetalBridge
See some lava lows at night from that point. Crowdy.
Mountain hut
1,711 ft
TabaconHOTEL
This is the HOTEL
Fountain
1,644 ft
TabaconSPA
This is the SPA
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Did you find a direct route from Margot to Monteverde by car? Or is the only way by horse?
Greetings from Costa Rica!
Unless the bridge is reconstructed (or the river is almost dry, which is unlikely), there is no direct route. Even if you can cross the river, the road that leads to Montverde might not be viable, even with a 4x4. You need to take a road in the west immediately after the bridge and that road is pretty steep.
Es una ruta súper sencilla , en toda la ruta se puede transitar en vehículo sencillo, se pasa al lado de la Laguna del arenal , al final se llega a un rio, que pasarlo en carro así sea 4x 4 es un sueño porque hay muchas piedras y el río es bastante caudaloso , las aguas termales que menciona la publicación es al inicio de la ruta , al lado de la vía principal. Pero se llena de mucha gente porque es gratuito