Tortuguero National Park Wildlife Viewing

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Wildlife Viewing Trip Blogs

Time Out in the Jungle | Feb 12 07'

by Jennie and David a traveling as a couple from Canberra, on vacation in Tortuguero National Park

"One of my very favourite places in Costa Rica is Tortuguero National Park, a maze of canals and jungle on the Caribbean Sea Coast."

One of my very favourite places in Costa Rica is Tortuguero National Park, a maze of canals and jungle on the Caribbean Sea Coast. Dubbed by some a... Continue reading »
nothing for turtle fans but lots for croc and birdfans | Mar 03 07'

by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in Tortuguero National Park

"giant platic frogs and a giant parrot and a toucan on sticks - what more could you want."

We booked our transfer from puerto viejo with "terraventura" in PV - 35 dolares. all went smoothly; a turismo bus to moin near limon (our fir... Continue reading »
Tortuguero | Oct 22 07'

by Sasha Chernenkoff a 26 year old female from Victoria, on vacation in Tortuguero National Park

To get to Tortuguero we had to take 2 separate chicken buses past huge stretches of banana plantations followed by a motor boat ride through a br... Continue reading »
Tortuguero Village | Mar 26 07'

by Taki a 35 year old from Portland, on vacation in Tortuguero National Park

The only way to get to the remote area of Tortuguero is by boat or plane. I chose a boat ride out of a small connecting town called Cariari... Continue reading »

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A brief trip to Nicaragua! | Mar 06 06'

by Samba Sam a 34 year old female, on vacation in Tortuguero

We left Puerto Viejo early one morning, headed for Tortuguero (on the North East coast of CR). We caught a bus to Limon where we had a couple of ho... Continue reading »
Tortugas Monkeys and Local Magic | Aug 18 07'

by O&R a 33 year old female traveling as a couple from Vancouver, on vacation in Tortuguero

The day was kinda intense... got up at 4:30, I thought I am not capable of that, but I guess I am. It was still dark out and mosquitoes were viciou... Continue reading »

Tortuguero National Park Travel Experiences

Tortuguero Village

The only way to get to the remote area of Tortuguero is by boat or plane. I chose a boat ride out of a small connecting town calle... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Taki
nothing for turtle fans but lots for croc and bir...

We booked our transfer from puerto viejo with "terraventura" in PV - 35 dolares. all went smoothly; a turismo bus to moin near limo... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler alex f
Tortuguero

To get to Tortuguero we had to take 2 separate chicken buses past huge stretches of banana plantations followed by a motor boat ride th... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Sasha Chernenkoff
Caribbean stew and turtle hatchlings on the beach

It was nice to arrive in Cahuita after our adventurous boarder crossing into Costa Rica. This was a charming little Carribean village jus... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler D&E on tour
Greckles

Ahhhh... what a weekend. Ashley (the girl from New York who I met in Puerto Viejo) and I went up to Tortuguero, a turtle sanctuary... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Marc s Watson Year