We will depart early from your San Jose hotel for a beautiful drive to the Caribbean Coast. On the way, you will have the opportunity to see the beautiful primary forest of the Braulio Carrillo National Park. We will stop en route for a delicious Costa Rican breakfast at Selva Tropical Restaurant.

After breakfast, we continue driving through banana plantations to the Caño Blanco boat dock where we will board a boat for Tortuguero on the Caribbean Coast.

You will have an eleven-in-a-lifetime experience in this unique place surrounded by a great variety of flora and fauna of breathtaking beauty. This part of the country is a maze of canals through dense lowland rainforest, best accessed by boat.

The trip has been compared with cruising down the Amazon River, though on a much smaller scale. You may see gaudy toucans, mischievous monkeys, three-toed sloths, crocodiles, and alligators, and much more. The boat trip ends at Tortuguero and Laguna Lodge, your home for the next two nights.

This lovely lodge has 106 rooms, comfortable, spacious rooms with cozy beds, private bathrooms, hot water, and ceiling fans. The rooms at Laguna Lodge give the feeling of being in the jungle because of its location in the middle of the Tortuguero tropical rainforest.

After lunch, we will visit the Sea Turtle Conservancy Turtle Museum, the beach area, and the small and picturesque village of Tortuguero.

Laguna Lodge is strategically located only 5 minutes away from the extraordinary Tortuguero National Park, and right across the main channel facing the village of Tortuguero. The property is surrounded by a network of very scenic canals and is considered one of the most exotic regions for its rich flora and fauna the jaguar home. Enjoy buffet-style meals that are all-inclusive. The hotel also offers a swimming pool.

After breakfast at the lodge, we have the full day to explore Tortuguero National Park, via boat tour and hike with our guide.

The name Tortuguero comes from the Spanish word “Turtles”, for the sea turtles that nest on the beaches in this region. The area was known for turtle hunting as far back as the 16th century. Turtles were killed for their meat, shells, and eggs. By the 1950s, the turtle population was severely endangered and facing possible extinction. In 1970, they were finally protected when the Tortuguero National Park was established.

The prime nesting months for Green Sea Turtles are July to mid-October. Weighing up to 200 lbs., the females climb up on the beach at night to lay their eggs – up to 100 in a nest – then bury the eggs in the sand before returning to the sea. An optional night tour to see nesting sea turtles is offered from July to September.

Breakfast in the hotel 6:30 am, after breakfast transfer to Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, this place is considered one of the richest places in the country for bird and animal watching.

Apart from an abundance of bird species, Caño Negro is also a refuge for many other animals, such as sloths, three types of monkeys, alligators, iguanas, bats, and a variety of typical wetland flora.

The Caño Negro wildlife refuge is a set of lowlands, formed by some lagoons, swamps and wetlands that provide refuge for a diverse fauna, especially birds. Life revolves around the Caño Negro lagoon, fed by the Frio River.

With the arrival of the dry season, at the beginning of February and until April, it is reduced to small lagoons, pipes, and furrows.

Them of this adventure we comeback to La Fortuna town, at night we will visit the most magical healthy natural hot spring water from Tabacón river in Tabacón Thermal Resort and Spa (dinner is included in this wonderful place).