After a 5 hour motor canoe ride through a series of interconnecting canals I arrived at Tortuguero. On the Northeast coast of Costa Rica, wedged between the Atlantic's black sand beaches and a series of connecting fresh water canals, Tortugero is the rainiest of rain forests and home to an abundance of wildlife, including nesting turtles on the ocean beaches in the evenings.
Early morning tours of the canals and late night visits to the beaches take up your time here, and I was fortunate enough to see a lot of wildlife, to name a few, snakes, tons of different kinds of monkeys, frogs, turtles, crocodiles, birds, lizards, and fish.
Friendly snake
Soft black sand beaches
Look Monkeys...
The Canals...
