Manatus Hotel Tortuguero
Tortuguero, Province of Limon, 705 40005, Costa Rica
Check Rates and Availability
mm/dd/yyyy
mm/dd/yyyy
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelManatus Hotel Tortuguero
TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK - LEATHERBACK TURTLES
We left at 6.30 to be transferred to our next hotel at Tortuguero National Park which is near to the Nicaraguan border on the Caribbean sea. The first leg was under two hours when we were transferred to another bus. This journey took us passed large banana plantation owned by Del Monte and other international fruit companies. The landscape was …
Travel Blogs Nearby
Tortuguero National Park
... there was a man saying he is in the Lonely Planet, I thought he meant the hostel but turned out he was a guide doing canoe tours to show the wildlife. We already knew we wanted to do this as this is the best way to see the animals. We had a chat to him and he offered to take us the next morning at 5.30am in his canoe for 3 hours for 15usd plus the 10usd park entrance fee. We wanted to go for lunch before deciding so told him we would ask for him to the girls in the hostel if ...
Turtle Power !
... which was now in it's trance, laying the eggs. This was quite incredible really. We've all seen it on tv but we were actually there seeing happen. Everyone in the group had big smiles in their faces and were trying to be as quiet as they could . After we watched the eggs being placed we were called over to another turtle which was now patting down sand where it layer it's eggs and started making it's way to the sea. Within 40 mins of being on the beach we had seen the whole process.
...
Turtleguero
... except play in the pool which was shaped like a turtle. It was cool. At night we went to see some turtles lay there eggs. they were amazing . They had to dig a huge nest in the sand and then they laid about a hundred eggs. Then they covered up their nest and they had to camouflage it. All this could take about 2 hours. Then they went back exhausted into the sea. Less than 1 ...
San José- Tortuguero
... ita que responde al nombre de “Blanquita”, se dirigen con paso inseguro hacia el lugar de encuentro.
Blanquita nos da las últimas instrucciones: en silencio, nada de cámaras y que nadie encienda ni una luz que me busca la ruina.
Un punto de luz roja agitada por los ojeadores a unos 100mts nos indica que ha llegado el momento y nos dirigimos con paso nervioso hacia la playa. Blanquita porta una tenue luz roja como de prostíbulo que ...



