Tortuga Lodge

... they´ve seen already. In the late afternoon we got back onto the canals to explore the town of Tortugera and Parque nacional tortuga. The town is small but nice and we went to a meseum about the seaturtles. We then cruised around the canals in search ...

... get by and understand what each other is saying.  Yola, you wouldn´t believe it! Lou was all bright and cheery about the lodge, but I will let you into the dark side.  The first night was fine, but then the Americans arrived.  While we ...

... hotels, rain forest lodges, inns, b&bs, castles even, but I have never stayed in a more beautiful place than Tortuga Lodge. Taking into consideration where it was situated i.e. the middle of no where it was a truly beautiful accommodation, incredible ...

... on their plane as opposed to half a day in a bus, is definately preferable. We were met at the aiport by Henri from the Tortuga Lodge, and transported across the river to the hotel. Waiting for us on the dock were members of staff all waving to greet ...

... nice feeling. It felt comfortable and a bit homey.  We decided to stay at a new hotel that is being built beside Tortuga Surf Lodge (where we stayed last time).  It is a great spot with a fabulous piece of land that is slowly being developed ...

... we had solved Linda’s drink challenge, “Hoss” insisted on buying me a raw turtle egg shooter, or Huevos de Tortuga in Spanish. We had watched Juliana making them for others, but I really hadn’t planned on having one myself. With ...

... /stalactites that had been given nicknames for the object of their likeness, such as the brain, the tiger, and the tortuga.  The tour guide was not open to suggestions of alternative nicknames haha even though the brain really looked like a huge ...

... was our trip to the market.  Theoretically, we were going to get up early in the morning (but not too early like at Yarina Lodge) and head to Otavalo, the market city, via a 2 hour bus ride.  The thing about theories, though, is that is exactly ...

... it didn´t really matter. Tomorrow we fly out early to Coca, in the Amazon basin where we will take a canoe up to the Yarina lodge.  I doubt that there will be internet because we will only have electricity from 6-10 pm each day, so if you don´t ...

... encontrando cráteres volcánicos, dunas cantantes y bosques de árboles de Josué.  Por suerte no atropellamos a ninguna tortuga con el coche (realmente ni siquiera vimos una).  Una vez salimos de la reserva todavía quedaban cinco horas de ...

... se reproduise pour perpétuer sa race. Le lendemain matin, nous avons définitivement quitté le Red mangrove et nous sommes allés à Tortuga Bay. C'est une baie vraiment superbe mais la température n'était psd belle, nous avons eu de la pluie et nous ...

... brochoures, and the bleached rocky islands loomed above us. I felt like I was in Pirates of the Caribbean since I was headed to Tortuga ;) Hehe...so we pulled up near a huge rock and the driver let us out to snorkel!!! I was psyched! I even dropped ...

... , we rode Splash Mountain, which is still one of my top 3 favorite rides. At some point, we ate lunch at the Tortuga Tavern, which was yummy! I don't think I'd ever eaten there before, and we thoroughly enjoyed our nachos and burritos-ole! We also rode ...

... cockroach which Olly took a picture of measured against a 20 deck of Marlboro. Saturday 2nd April We had a continental breakfast in cafe Tortuga below our hostel before we set off at 10.00am for Los Rios, on the way we saw many Cacoa ...

... getting used to.  Our TRUCK was named Asima (meaning "protector" in Arabic), but the crew still preferred her old name, Tortuga (despite meaning "tortoise" in Spanish).  We had 18 people in our group, which left about 4 spare seats in the ...