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Tortuguero National Park Beach Travel Tips

By Linda Samuel

Stay by the beach and increase your chances of spying the leatherback, hawksbill, and green turtles that lay their eggs in the sand.
Visit in February, April, and November, when it's less rainy.
Meet the locals—maybe all of them. Only 1,000 people live in quiet Tortuguero.
Sleep among the creatures of the rainforest at a jungle lodge.

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Tortugeuro by boat in just one day? We're staying at a friend's house in Cahuita and want to see Tortuguero via the river. Tour operators have told us it takes 3 days and want to book us on a bus/lodge/meal/boat deal. We just want to park our car and get in a boat up to Tortuguero and back. Can't we drive to Limon or Moin, park and take a boat up and back without the whole tour package? We only have a week and don't want this one activitiy to consume half of our time there.
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Hotels

Laguna Lodge

Tortuguero A.P. 173-2015
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Distance: 0.4 mi.
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Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated

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Tortuga Lodge

North of town
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Distance: 0.4 mi.
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Turtle Beach Lodge

Tortuguero
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Distance: 0.4 mi.
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Attractions

Caribbean Coast
Tortuguero
Limon, Costa Rica

Distance: 0.4 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Guests can enjoy boat rides on the 70 miles of the Tortuguero Canals, whose banks are lined with... Read More

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Tortuguero National Park

Caribbean Coast, 14 miles from Jaloba, 4 miles north of Parismina

Distance: 6.0 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Parque Nacional Tortuguero protects the nesting beach of the green turtle, and features 11... Read More

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Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge

Barra del Colorado
North of Tortuguero
Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Distance: 16.1 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge spans 225,365 acres, the largest in the nation. It is a... Read More

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