Travels to Northern Caribbean
I was up before the sun, ready for our morning boat excursion with Turtle Beach Lodge. Wandering into the dining area, I was elated to find 24-hour coffee and tea service set up for guests. Our photographer Vincent had already been up for hours, walking the beach in search of baby sea turtles to no avail.
We piled into the lodge’s boat for a two-hour trip through a different section of the park’s canals. Our guide Nacho quietly pointed out several caiman floating in the dark channel waters. The slender Caño Palma (Palm Canal) was lined …
Location: Northern Caribbean, Tortuguero »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Canoeing & Kayaking, Hiking, National Parks & Reserves, Turtle Tours »
This morning we decided to explore the tiny but picturesque village of Tortuguero. Located on a narrow strip of land between river and ocean, the village is surrounded by the humid rainforest of Tortuguero National Park and the palm-fringed Caribbean coastline. The small town is dotted with simple wood houses built up on stilts intermixed with mini-supermarkets, a few restaurants and family-run tour companies.
It reminded me of the southern Caribbean town of Cahuita, with its Afro-Caribbean influence evident in the local cuisine, language and culture.
Many of the town’s inhabitants originated from Jamaica, San Andres or …
Location: Northern Caribbean, Tortuguero »
Activities: Caribbean Beaches, National Parks & Reserves, Turtle Tours »
A thunderous chorus of howler monkeys woke me at 5 a.m. It was another stunning day on the Caribbean coast. We joined the rest of our Mawamba Lodge group for a quick cup of coffee before boarding a boat for a two-hour excursion through Tortuguero’s canals. The waterways are both natural and man-made and make up a large part of Tortuguero National Park.
Hosting more than 100,000 visitors each year, Tortuguero National Park is the third-most visited national park in Costa Rica. Created in 1975, it teems with wildlife, both aquatic and land-based, including the highly …
Location: Northern Caribbean, Tortuguero »
Activities: Bird & Wildlife Watching, Canopy Tours, National Parks & Reserves »
