Cerro Chato 1140 M

Peak is located in one of the beautiful Costa Rica national parks. Cerro Chato  lies adjacent to the active Arenal volcano. Unfortunately the latter is impossible to climb (at least for regular hiker). Trail was winding through pastures (~3 km), then became quite steep and muddy (~1.5km). We were lucky to avoid the rain, but in the rain the trail should be extremely slippery. For slip and dirt influence should be seen as a T3 or T3 + rated trails. Quite difficult. Top is full of trees. Because of the low clouds not so much visible around. There is nice greenish lake in the middle of the crater. I saw a few people bathed.  Myriads of birds, lizards and other creatures can be spotted.  Overall nice hike...