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Costa Rica’s Arenal National Park has the most active volcano in the country. It was believed to be dormant until a major eruption in 1968. The park is next to the country’s largest hydroelectric project, the Arenal Lake Dam. The most characteristic feature of this national park is the impressive and majestic Arenal Volcano, an almost perfect active cone 1,633 meters high, whose regular eruptions offer one of the most extraordinary and awe inspiring natural sights in Costa Rica. Estimated to be less than 3,000 years old, Arenal is a geologically young volcano. During the various cycles of its life activity has been characterized by an alternating of an explosive, effusive phase with one of weak, explosive activity. Major events in recent history begin with the 1968 killer eruption, it was presumed extinct until Juli 29,1968, when an earthquake caused it to erupt, after approximately 400 years of dormancy. The eruption wiped out the town of Arenal and killed 87 people. The last major eruption of Arenal occurred on august 23,2000. It is an experience that will rock you to your very core. Arena volcano is the most spectacularly active in Costa Rica. Hotels in the region tout their views of the lava flows and red hot boulders ejected from the volcano glowing in the darkness. Although eruptions are the main attraction, you should be aware that even in the dry season the clouds sometimes obscure the top of the volcano, and your chances of seeing a pyroclastic display are lessened in the rainy season.But you can hike all around it. One particularly great hike takes you to the “new” lava flow, which happened in 1992. After hiking through lush, secondary rain forest, you suddenly come upon the stark contrast of a 20-ft high wall of lava, totally void of any vegetation. The top of the lava is a moonscape with a spectacular view of the volcano on one side and Lake Arenal on the other. It is breathtaking. It is said that only 10 people of each 3 millions of habitants in the world, have opportunity to see , during their life, some volcanic eruption. It is estimated that only ten people in every three million will ever have the opportunity of seeing a volcanic eruption in their lifetime, while only four in three million will ever view an active lava flow.