Tortuguero Costa Rica Tours All Inclusive
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Tortuguero National Park is located in the vast expanse of tropical rainforest that occupies the low-lying coastal region called the Tortuguero Plain near the village of Tortuguero Costa Rica.
Tortuguero Costa Rica National Park Tours
Tortuguero Costa Rica boasts a 22-mile stretch of Caribbean beach preserved as the protected breeding area for the endangered green sea turtles. In 1954 Tortuguero Costa Rica became the site of the world’s first turtle research station, now called the Green Turtle Research Station.
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Along with Atlantic green sea turtles, the giant leatherbacks, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles have also been known to nest on the beaches of Tortuguero Costa Rica during a nesting season that runs from February through to October.
Tortuguero National Park was established in 1970 and has since become world renowned for its diversity of wildlife, reptiles and birds; it remains a very popular destination for eco Costa Rica tours.
Tortuguero Costa Rica Tour Activities
Costa Rica enjoys a well deserved worldwide reputation for preserving its natural resources and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
The jungle lagoons, estuaries and canals that wind their way through the dense Tortuguero rainforests create ideal sightseeing destinations and contribute greatly to the local Costa Rica tourism industry and the economy of Tortuguero Costa Rica.
The turtle nesting beaches combined with tropical rainforests and the diversity of wildlife, birds and plant life, annually attract over 50,000 tourists to the area of Tortuguero.
Tortuguero Costa Rica Wildlife Attractions
Costa Rica has over 13,000 varieties of fauna and flora (more than all of North America) and much of the plant life can be found in Tortuguero National Park. The park consists of over 43,000 acres and is home to one of the largest remaining Central American tropical rainforests.
The Tortuguero Costa Rica tour gives visitors the chance to witness many of the 60 identified amphibian species including sea turtles on their natural breeding grounds and nesting beaches. Other amphibians in Tortuguero habitat include river otters, manatees and bull sharks.
There are 60 species of mammals that also live in Tortuguero Park including:
- Fishing bats
- 3-toed Sloths
- Tapirs
- Rarely seen Jaguars
- Plus howler monkeys, white-faced monkeys and spider monkeys
The waterways around Tortuguero National Park area also boasts 111 species of reptiles including caimans, crocodiles, iguanas, water-walking lizards plus the poisonous dart frog.
Tortuguero Costa Rica Birds & Butterflies
Tortuguero Costa Rica is a butterfly and bird watchers paradise. Over 3,000 species of butterflies and nearly 850 species of birds inhabit Costa Rica’s Tortuguero Park.
Tortuguero has 309 identified species of tropical, exotic birds including keel-billed toucans, blue herons, kingfishers, egrets, turkey vultures, a variety of parrots and the rare green macaw.
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