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Lake Arenal in Costa Rica's Tilaran mountains provides an awesome setting for Costa Rica kiteboarding adventures. Wild Costa Rica jungles to the waters edge. Power kiteboarding and kiteboarding for beginners. Seasonal consistent winds on Lake Arenal where kiteboarding is popular. The average wind speed on Lake Arenal is 20 knots, with winds reaching 30 knots and more during much of the year. Visit Lake Arenal in Costa Rica, for year round kiteboarding.
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There are now two international airports in Costa Rica. San Jose, the capital, and Liberia, the new international airport just opened.
Liberia only opened recently, and the good news is that the number of international flights into Liberia are increasing monthly. Liberia is far closer to the Tilawa than San Jose, being 1 hour 15 mins by road, whereas San Jose runs at about 3 1/2 hours by road.
If driving from Liberia, you now need to get on route one heading south to San Jose. Do this by leaving the airport and taking the Daniel Oduber road to Liberia, where you will find a major intersection to Route One. When arriving at Canas, turn left, then the directions are the same as if coming from San Jose.
If flying into San Jose and driving, get on to Route 1 outside the airport heading north to Liberia and Canas. Just drive straight for 3 hours or so, and you will arrive at Canas. At Canas, turn right into the town immediately after you see the large bull ring on your right hand side on route 1. Then just drive straight through Canas heading towards Tilaran. Just outside of Canas you will come to a T-junction, turn left at this junction, and keep going straight and it will take you into Tilaran. When coming into Tilaran, just as you enter the town and as you arrive at the very first stop sign, you will see a hotel called "The Windsurf Hotel" on your left. At this point, simply turn around (180 degrees) and head back the other way! You will almost imediately arrive back at the fork in the road that brought you into Tilaran. Do not take the left fork - as this will obviously take you back to Canas - take the RIGHT fork, and then keep going. At this point you are 8k from the Tilawa. There is only one more complication. About 4k up the road you will come across another fork, where you will see a sign for the Tilawa. Go LEFT at this fork, then just keep going for another 4k or so, and you will see the hotel entrance on your left (you can't miss it).
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Tilaran is a 12-minute drive. There are 4 bars. They have dancing, drinking, and karaoke almost every night, and there is a killer discotheque 10 minutes the other way from the lake every Saturday.
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Tilawa
on 14 February 2010 - 1:16am
13.2.2010 .Kite and windsurf rental center at Tilawa are not operating.
No kite classes available.