Tortuguero National Park One Day Tour
San Jose, Costa Rica
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 12 hours
Tortuguero National Park Costa Rica is a very important point of reference for marine turtles that every year travel a long way to lay their eggs at this beach and perpetuate their species. The Green Turtle arrives between the months of July and October. Tortuguero is a stunning rainforest. Ideal to visit all year round.
Numerous rivers, channels, and lagoons, along with its beaches and forest form one of the most bio-diverse areas of the planet, as well as having astonishing landscapes.
Numerous rivers, channels, and lagoons, along with its beaches and forest form one of the most bio-diverse areas of the planet, as well as having astonishing landscapes.
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Tortuguero National Park Costa Rica is a very important point of reference for marine turtles that every year travel a long way to lay their eggs at this beach and perpetuate their species. The Green Turtle arrives between the months of July and October. Tortuguero is a stunning rainforest. Ideal to visit all year round.
Numerous rivers, channels, and lagoons, along with its beaches and forest form one of the most bio-diverse areas of the planet, as well as having astonishing landscapes.
The tour begins through the impressive coffee plantations and the mountains of Braulio Carrillo National Park where steep slopes are covered with thick cloud forest and beautiful waterfalls can be seen from the road.
Following breakfast, you will go to a BANANA PLANTATION, where your guide will explain the process of growing and exporting that fruit.
After lunch you will take a walk through the Tortuguero Village where you will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the town and its inhabitants.
Numerous rivers, channels, and lagoons, along with its beaches and forest form one of the most bio-diverse areas of the planet, as well as having astonishing landscapes.
The tour begins through the impressive coffee plantations and the mountains of Braulio Carrillo National Park where steep slopes are covered with thick cloud forest and beautiful waterfalls can be seen from the road.
Just after Braulio Carrillo National Park, you will enjoy typical Costa Rican breakfast which includes, fruit juice, coffee, eggs and the popular “Gallo Pinto”.
Following breakfast, you will go to a BANANA PLANTATION, where your guide will explain the process of growing and exporting that fruit.
Your will later abandon the bus and embark on the most exciting part of this tour: the boat trip into the jungle of the Tortuguero National Park. You will learn about how nature works and to get a real feel of our tropical humid rainforest. Covering 29000 hectareas, Tortuguero is one of the important nesting sites of Chelonia Midas, the green sea turtle, whereas its forests and waterways are home for such endangered mammals such as sloths, monkeys, agoutis, coatimundis and manatees. There are also abundant birds, such as toucans, trogons, egrets, herons and aninghas, as well as crocodiles, turtles and countless colorfull butterflies, including blue morpho.
After lunch you will take a walk through the Tortuguero Village where you will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the town and its inhabitants.
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