Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica – October 16 – 19, 2013

Located inside the wonderful Parque Nacional Tortuguero in Limon province, the tiny town of Tortuguero is truly a magical destination. The most important turtle nesting site on the entire western half of the Caribbean for the Green Sea Turtle, Tortuguero sits along a network of narrow canals. To get to Tortuguero you have to either use a plane or a boat, we chose the 3 hour boat ride. Part of the beautiful Tortuguero experience, a boat ride leads you up through the Canal de Tortuguero and through some stunning patches of rainforests towering over swamps. A spectacular trip, one can spot egrets and numerous other birds flying overhead in these lowlands. Here nature dominates as there are hardly any human settlements to speak of.