Every year from June to September will gather on Caribbean beach in Costa Rica between the villages Parismina and thousands Tortuguero turtles to lay their eggs. The fact that they are largely undisturbed, they owe the special protection of the National Park Tortuguero, in addition to a 750 -square,-kilometer lagoon in northeastern Costa Rica also comprises the local coast.
Tortuguero National Park on the edge of self-painted posters advertises for turtle tours. The sky blue painted houses of the 700 -strong villages are left and right of a narrow dirt road that leads through the village in the middle.
Tortuguero, Costa Rica. is like a Caribbean idyll. The local National Park Service guards the coastline of 6 pm to 6 am, so that the animals are undisturbed. A licensed guide to the beach can accompany tourists at night.
You must be unscented and dress completely black. Flashlights and cameras are strictly prohibited. Only the stars twinkle in the sky, otherwise it is pitch black. Only when the guide gives a sign that tourists are allowed to enter one of five planned for the Turtle -watching beach sections very carefully and quietly.
Those who prefer to go on your own for turtle watching, usually ends up in Parismina, the second village in Tortuguero National Park. Here the modern tourism is still far away. Instead, lure families and the turtles ASTOP volunteer programs, local organization Asociacion de las Tortugas Salvemos Parismina to protect the marine turtles, the few visitors.
Three simple lodges offer rooms, a sandy path winds around the two dozen wooden houses. Palm trees and bamboo house high line it. From time to time children run barefoot in the sand or ride a horse.
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