| Page Views: 3,275 Last Visit to Tortuguero: December, 2003 | The Village and the Park by zrim - last update: Jan 11, 2004 |
A village of laughing children and scampering dogs | one constant in the world--children |
Tortuguero is a small fishing village in the far northwest corner of Costa Rica located on a narrow spit of land between the Caribbean Sea and the Tortuguero Canal. The village is only 10-15 miles from the border with Nicaragua. Tortuguero is also the name given to the National Park (190 sq km) that was established in 1975. Ideally, VT would have separate entities for the village and the park since, strictly speaking, the village lies outside of the park boundaries to the north. But it does not, so I will combine my village and park experiences on one page--though the sights were vastly different. |
|  | Parque National Tortuguero A maze of brown muddy waterways through lush tropical jungle. The best way to spot wildlife is to troll lazily in a flat-bottomed boat. But canoe or kayak is also an option. |
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| Pros: | "a region isolated from roads and highways" | | Cons: | "it is one of the poorer regions in Costa Rica" | | In A Nutshell: | "Rain!" |
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balhannah Mon Oct 20, 2008 21:54 UTC
You got to see a lot of different animals, great to see them in the wild. | Lunaina Thu May 1, 2008 19:20 UTC
Wow, such beautiful pictures of those birds and animals! Great! That is a why I would love to go to Costa Rica also! | LuisGuimaraes Sun Sep 2, 2007 02:01 UTC
nice page and tips. i am heading there tomorrow, overland. but first I have to reach San Jose - bus from Managua leaves at 4 am! do u know if it is common to see the turtles nest? | windsorgirl Sun Jul 1, 2007 18:23 UTC
Love all your animal/bird pics. You seem like a real nature lover like myself. thanks for sharing! |
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