The Ultimate Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica Travel Guide

 We’re speeding down a river in Tortuguero National Park, a pristine 77,000-acre protected area at the heart of efforts to conserve the remarkable biodiversity in Costa Rica’s northeastern Limón Province.

We’re far from anything you’d call “civilization,” over 2 hours by boat from the nearest road, in remote rainforests that receive up to 250 inches of rain a year.

Tortuguero National Park is a poster child for Ecotourism in Costa Rica– a haven for nature lovers eager to get away from it all. 

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Allie & Mary, Rolling On The Tortuguero River Wildlife in Tortuguero

My eyes scan the dense thicket of trees that line the river, scoping