مرکز بازدیدکنندگان پارک ملی آتشفشان آرنال

Beautiful nature and landscape. The park offers a few trails that will take you half to a day depending on how fast you go and how much you (can) stop to see animals.

The day we visited, there was one agent working at the booth at the entrance, doubling as info center. He sold tickets, admitting cars to the park, and acted as the info center to answer whatever questions everyone had. It took on average about 5 min to process a car. In the meantime, there were visitors who got dropped off at the gate and walked into the park on foot and he had to take care of them. There was a long line of cars stuck in the middle of a busy road causing traffic jam. Once we finally got inside, there was a rocky path leading to the top of a hill where you get a view of the volcano. There were not a lot of plants in this section of the park. The tickets also allow you to visit the Peninsula Section of the park, about a couple of kilometers away. You get a view of the volcano from a different angle and the lake. The path in that section is very rocky. All the cars we saw were driving very slowly and some of them stopped to take a break. After driving through the rocky path we got to the entrance of the peninsula section. There was one agent checking tickets. There is a paved path leading to the lake.

The entrance fee for adult foreign nationals is US$15 + 13% tax. We paid $16.95 per person.

This place needs a forest ranger to be in charge of checking this area taken care of and verifying that all people enter and leave safety. I was the last person to leave this park, and there was no one at the entrance because they close at 4pm, but because of a discomfort in my leg I couldn't leave early. Nobody cares about you if you go to this place.