Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this B&BCasa Marbella Tortuguero
Day 26
We stopped in Cahuita briefly to take some photos and then drove for 3 hours to get to the farm by the river where we were to park the car and catch the boat to Tortuguero at 1.00. We got there at 12.40 only to be told that the boat had left and the next one would be at 4.30! I think it must be quite common from the way the girl told us, so, having …
Day 27
Got up for 6 o'clock start of a guided boat tour to spot wildlife. Darryl took 6 of us, including Anna and Fred, up the river and into some beautiful inlets where we saw spider monkeys, a turtle, a cayman and lots of birds. We got back at 9 for breakfast and then went for a walk in the National Park (which includes the river and the beach). It …
Tortuguero Village
Our plane landed at 7:30am in Tortuguero. Our private flight was slightly justified when we saw that a number of people were going to take the same plane back to the city center. After going through baggage claim (oh wait, we just picked our bags up off the ground next to the plane) we boarded a taxi-boat a couple hundred feet from the airstrip …
Wow what a trip
We have finally arrived in Tortuguero after an early 5AM start and epic journey. We landed in the capital of Costa Rica, San Jose, last night and booked ourselves into a cheap backpackers place. Unfortunately our room was right next to the bar which played banging techno until the early hours! After a rather unsatisfactory sleep we woke up at 5am …
San Jose to Tortuguero
Tortuguero is one of the most amazing places I've ever been. Go there and look at the wildlife, and eat the palm heart and drink the rum. Don't get eaten by alligators or bitten by bullet ants, etc.


