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Tortuguero Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tortuguero, Costa Rica
The rest of the trip
Hey folks, so I'm gonna wrap this trip so I can start my new one in Spain! So only the highlights - Tortuguero is really great. To travel everywhere is by boat. no cars! It's a national park and it's very beautiful. We got to go kayaking in the ...
Sendero walk
... large luggage around a dirt track for 1 km he discovered the meaning of 'real sweat'! Off we went toward the centre of Costa Rica. Only 200 kms away, but another 5 hours involved until we got there....an incredible place. Volcano Poas. We checked ...
Tortugero, mini-Amazon (FR/EN)
... , a big plus since everything on the island is doubly expensive. Since the bus network in Costa Rica is centralised in San Jose, going to Tortuguero from the Carribean was a lot more complicated despite it being both in the same region. ...
MONKEYS!
... boat and it is home to Leatherback Sea Turtles, Monkeys, Sloths, Crocodiles and Camen. Of course, this was Alasdair and Nicola´s Costa Rica Adventure, so something had to go wrong. Turns out the Sloths are nearly extinct here, the Sea Turtles had stopped ...
Apocalypse Wow
Thinking it would be hot and muggy sleeping we left the AC on all night, thinking it was set for fan we were able to sleep as last nights noises were gone. It was colder than anticipated and we suffered through it meaning little sleep before a long ...
Ernesto goes to camp
5:30 am - Sang and I get up so we can make it to Ernesto by 6:15. We eat oranges on the way as we meander down the main drag. We see Jacky, Jim and Sophie along the way getting into their own canoe for a tour. Jim is anxious because there are no life ...
Parque Nacional Tortuguero
... !!! (é só escolher o programa da preferência, a realidade corresponde!) Depois, almoço reconfortante em amena cavaqueira sobre Costa Rica, Arizona, Delaware, Unix, Telecomunicações, com um gringo de 65 anos (nem queria acreditar o tipo dava ...
Class IV? Who Needs A Raft?
... making it in plenty of time. The ride was beautiful, as usual, and different scenery than I had seen in other parts of Costa Rica. Rolling grassy plains with random clusters of trees would appear in lieu of the usual dense forest for large parts of the ...
Tortugas magnificas
... expensive everywhere it seems. The boat ride was beautiful, we saw some monkeys, birds and even a crocodile!! Exhausted we arrived in Tortuguero, hoping to find a place to stay. It was a full island and we followed the advice of our lovely guide book ...
Turtles!
... of travelling for today. One boat, one taxi and one very full chicken bus later we arrived in Penas Blancas and walked across the border into Costa Rica. From here we made the 6 hour bus ride to San Jose. On arrival in the capital we made our way to a ...
Why does it always rain on me?
... die als waterweg dienen slechts een 3tal meters. De fauna valt ook hier helaas wat tegen hoewel Tortuguero bekend staat als de Amazone van Costa Rica. De stranden staan bekend als nestplaats voor diverse zeeschildpadden maar het is niet het juiste ...
Turtle gig
After another long journey through Costa Rica we decided to stop over in the capital San Jose for one night. Before arriving in the bus station we had previously decided that we would hike the 2km across town to get to our preferred hostel, however ...
Tortuguero Via La Geest de Taxi Boat
... de Gotemburgo, a Ingela e a Linda, com que passámos os 4 dias seguintes. A viagem com a Bananero entre os canais da Finca de bananas La Geest (campos e campos a perder de vista) a caminho da magnífico Parque Nacional Tortuguero. As fotos falam por ...
Tortuguero National Park
After a night´s rest I was up early again and this time travelled by bus and boat to Tortuguero National Park in the north-east of Costa Rica. The park is mainly jungle but stretches to the Carribean coast where thousands of nesting turtles come to lay ...
Chasing Turtles
... , but our feet were in pieces. Went back to the room and watched videos on Youtube of turtles laying their eggs. From Tortuguero we headed to Costa Rica's capital San Jose. Nothin to report on this city apart from how bland and dull it is. The guide books ...
Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica
... and to keep the place tidy. The amount of litter is pretty disgusting here and is one of the only things that puts me off Costa Rica. People really don't seem to care which is such a shame as their country is so beautiful. Was very reluctant at first but ...
To Tortuguero National Park
... 8211; I found it interesting at least! We got to the river port and boarded a river boat so head out to the lodge in Tortuguero National Park. The trip was hit by a little bit of rain, disappointing we thought as were traveling. Arriving at the lodge, we ...
the carib coast
We aare now on the Caribbean coast. Today we travelled by boat to this wonderful spit of sand between the ocean and a river. We saw dozens of animal species and bird species in the nation park we passed through. The ocean beach is hundreds of miles ...
Hot hot heat
... before we sat on our patio by the dock and updated the blog. The night was still and air cool, our last night in Torteguero. With an 11:15am departure time we will have a chance to sleep in for a 6 hour trip to the capital city of Costa Rica, San Jose. ...
Tortuguero - Monkeys,Bites&Rain ... But No Turtles
Spent a couple of days at Tortuguero which is a national park area on the caribbean coast of Costa Rica covering both inland rainforest and a marine area. It´s most famous (and gets it´s name) for being a nesting area for different types of turtles such ...
Parismina
... in itself was quite an adventure. La Semana Santa (the Holy Week - Easter / Paques)is just about to begin here in Costa Rica. This means all the Ticos (Costa Ricans) are on their main annual holiday and travelling throughout the country. Anyway, ended ...
National geographique
Pleins les yeux , des tortues de plus d'un metre cinquante qui mettent bas... ...
Turtle Power !
Tortuguero - 11th sept We left la Fortuna at 6am for a 5 /6 hour journey north east to Tortuguero which means "turtle place" in Spanish . We were told this was the egg laying season so we should be able to see the whole egg laying process. On the way ...
Animal Spotting
Day 1 - Banana Planatation, Tropical Garden, River Boat, Town Another early start. Lots of people on the bus but most of them heading for the rafting trip. As a result was initially wandering if I had gotten on the right bus. In the end only two other ...
Jungle Cruises!
Sunday we left San Jose behind, and headed to Tortuguero on Costa Rica's east coast. The trip there included a 2 hour drive on paved roads, about 2 more hours on dirt road and then a 1.5 hour ride boat trip through the canals...so it was pretty ...
Loving to Learn in Tortuguero
Hello, Daniel and I just finished three nights on the edge of the Tortuguero National Park on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The park is named and famous for the endangered turtles that nest on its sandy beaches. Unfortunately, the turtles ...
Op vakantie
Na zeven weken studeren gaan we vanmiddag op vakantie naar de Small Corn Islands. Wel een vreemd gevoel om Granada te verlaten want we hebben het hier prima naar ons zin. We hebben besloten om eerst naar de Corn Islands te gaan om even bij te komen van ...
Torteguero
... of Amazonia like jungle on the Caribbean coast can only be reached by boat. We set off from the main city of Limon to Tortuguero on what we thought was a strait-forward transfer, only to find that we were on yet another jungle tour. Initially unimpressed, ...
rain, then more rain in the canoe!
... to wait awhile. Sure enough a few minutes later, the skies opened and torrential rain came down and continued for a few hours. Tortuguero is one of the rainiest places on the planet apparently! After the sky cleared, we took our host's canoe out. Soon ...
Frogs and spiders and other things!
... to the top, we eventually found it and climbed up a steep path to the summit where we were rewarded with great views over Tortuguero with the coastline curving into the distance. Today is Tom's birthday but he wasn't allowed a lie-in! Instead we were up ...