The Monte de Barva, Canopy Tour Hikes are aimed towards anyone who likes to enjoy nature from the ground.  This tour has a certain level of difficulty, lots of adventure and thrill.  The tour focuses on the conservation and preservation of the tropical cloud forest as part of the Canopy Adventure’s Environmental Education Program.

Measuring approximately 62 square miles (160 square kms), the massive Barva Volcano sits at the edge of Costa Rica’s Central Valley. Scientists believe that the dormant volcano was last active 3,000 to 5,000 years ago.It forms “Braulio Carrillo” National Park’s highest point, approximately 9,700 feet (2,950 mts) above sea level. Several cold-water, rain-fed lagoons dot the volcano’s surface, remnants of the once-bubbling and lava-filled craters. The Park’s largest and most visited lagoon, aptly named “Barva Lagoon”, is the volcano’s now-dormant main crater. The lagoon measures 230 feet in diameter and plunges 28 feet deep, its water averaging a temperature of 52° F. Copey Lagoon, located less than two miles from Barva Lagoon, is the only other lagoon open to the public.