Overview
Lake Arenal is a lake which is situated in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is currently the largest lake in Costa Rica at 85-square-kilometre. Its depth varies between 30 and 60 meters seasonally.
Description
About 18km west of La Fortuna you’ll arrive at a 750m-long causeway across the dam that created Laguna de Arenal, the largest lake in the country at 88 sq km. Arenal and Tronadora were submerged during its 1979 creation, but the lake now supplies valuable water to Guanacaste, sport fish like rainbow bass, and hydroelectricity for the region. High winds also produce power with the aid of huge steel windmills, though windsurfers and kitesurfers frequently steal a breeze or two.