9th August 2025 at 01:13 - Damian
21/08/25 - Day 3
Tortuguero is a small village on a narrow strip of land between the Caribbean sea and forest wetlands and rivers that formed after the collapse of a railroad project. The locals felled much of the forest but the area was made a national park in 1992 and the ecosystem has bounced back and provided a much more lucrative tourism industry. A win-win.
After a late-night visit to watch a green sea turtle lay eggs (no photos but an incredible experience) we got up early for a boat trip around the waterways where we saw caimans. herons, Jesus lizards, cormorants, vultures, kites, spider monkeys, howler monkeys, tree iguanas and more.
Not many good photos unfortunately as everything was far away.
Later that day we explored a little bit of the national park on foot where we managed to spot some tiny poison dart frogs before a group walk up a nearby dormant volcano.