Turtle Beach Lodge
Travel Blogs from Tortuguero
MONKEYS!
When you´re travelling it´s good to go on an organized trip or two. You get a few extras chucked in. On the trip to Tortuguera, we got a free visit to a banana plantation. Not exactly our first choice of excursions but as it was a Del Monte plantation we had to say "Yes!". In the end we didn´t have to taste the bananas and pretend they were nice; …
Tortugera National Park
The trip to Tortuguero takes most of the day. Its broken up well by a breakfast stop and a stop at a Bannana packing factory. Also saw a rhinosaurus beetle. Then a trip on a boat to the resort base camp for the next couple of days, turtle beach lodge. The area is low swampy rainforest with a maze of canals that cover hundreds of kilometres just off …
Tortuguero and the rainforest!
First of all, Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a good one. So, we woke up at 5:30am on Sunday, had breakfast at the hotel at 6:00am, and were met by our tour guide, Edgar, in the lobby at 6:30am. There were 10 of us total on the trip, although 1 person got delayed and would be joining us later. The adventurers include: Me Lance - my roommate …
Tortuguero
I'm finally getting caught up on my blog; this is the first entry in a while I'm writing on the actual day listed. (I am, however, posting it almost a week late. Sorry about that.) Saturday I met my parents in San Jose. I'd been thinking about taking a day trip to Cartago, to see the legendary statue of La Negrita that, according to lore, has been …
Turtle Beach Lodge
Read On at Klenske, Ink. After an early morning wake up call, we were picked up at our hotel's front door by the lodge's bus. We then set out for our 'wild' trip to the jungle lodge. The first half was a four hour ride through the country. After getting out of San Jose, we first went through a national park full of rainforest covered mountains. It …
Location
Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant