In the northeastern region of Costa Rica on its Caribbean coast is the small village of Tortuguero, meaning region of turtles. Here lies Tortuguero National Park in the province of Limón, where its ...

Named after the Spanish tortuga, meaning turtle, the main attraction in Tortuguero, Costa Rica is the endangered green sea turtles, who come to nest in the black volcanic sands of the park’s 11 miles ...

We’ve written about Tortuguero, on the northern Caribbean coast, many, many times. The town and national park – one of Costa Rica’s top tourism destinations – have been the subject of articles by The ...

Tortuguero, one of the world’s best places to see nesting sea turtles, is the smallest of towns. On our first morning, we watched a short film narrated by the director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. A ...

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I’d like to say we took the road less traveled on our wildlife tour of Tortuguero National Park, but I’d be lying. In fact, there weren’t any roads at all. Instead, our jungle adventure in Costa Rica ...

The hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata is a widely distributed and critically endangered species that feeds on sponges and fills an important ecological role in the coral reef ecosystem. At ...